Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West by Georges Duby

Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West by Georges Duby

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An overview of European medieval rural history. This title brings together local research on the countryside and its economic life and distills from it lessons that apply much more widely.

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Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West by Georges Duby

In 1961 Georges Duby wrote what is still the best overview of European medieval rural history to date. Originally published in French and first translated into English in 1968, Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West brings together local research on the countryside and its economic life and distills from it lessons that apply much more widely. With this edition, the University of Pennsylvania Press brings this modern classic back into print.
A masterpiece-Speculum One of the most important, imaginative, solidly documented, well written books of medieval history that I have ever read... It offers a unique combination of synthetic power and analytic perception, of bold judgment and Cartesian doubt, of hard economic facts and subtle psychological considerations.-Speculum
Georges Duby (1919-1996) was one of the foremost medievalists and a prolific author. His many books include The Three Orders: Feudal Society Imagined, The Chivalrous Society, History Continues, and The Age of Cathedrals: Art and Society, 980-1420.
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ISBN 13 9780812216745
ISBN 10 0812216741
Title Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West
Author Georges Duby
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
Year published 1998-01-29
Number of pages 632
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