Peasant Petitions
Social Relations and Economic Life on Landed Estates, 1600-1850
Nonfiction, History, British, Modern
| Author: | R. Houston | ISBN: | 9781137394095 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | July 2, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | R. Houston |
| ISBN: | 9781137394095 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | July 2, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book examines the structures and texture of rural social relationships, using one type of document found in abundance over all the four component parts of Britain and Ireland: petitions from tenants to their landlords. The book offers unexpected angles on many aspects of society and economy on estates in the 17th and 18th centuries.
This book examines the structures and texture of rural social relationships, using one type of document found in abundance over all the four component parts of Britain and Ireland: petitions from tenants to their landlords. The book offers unexpected angles on many aspects of society and economy on estates in the 17th and 18th centuries.
