A Social History of Western Europe, 1450-1720: Tensions and Solidarities among Rural People / Edition 1 in Bloomington, MN

This thoroughly readable and stimulating social history of Western Europe, first published in 1984, explores the family, religion and the supernatural, and the social structure and social controls of rural society. This title will be of interest not only to students, but to anyone who is anxious to understand the lives – both internal and external – of rural people in his fascinating period that is so central to everyone’s past.