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The Image of the Medieval Peasant Book

The Image of the Medieval Peasant
The Image of the Medieval Peasant, Freedman's command of material drawn from all over Europe is impressive and anyone interested in the medieval or early modern German peasantry will profit greatly from reading this book.—Central European History, The Image of the Medieval Peasant has a rating of 3.5 stars
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The Image of the Medieval Peasant, Freedman's command of material drawn from all over Europe is impressive and anyone interested in the medieval or early modern German peasantry will profit greatly from reading this book.—Central European History, The Image of the Medieval Peasant
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  • The Image of the Medieval Peasant
  • Written by author Paul H. Freedman
  • Published by Stanford University Press, January 1999
  • "Freedman's command of material drawn from all over Europe is impressive and anyone interested in the medieval or early modern German peasantry will profit greatly from reading this book."—Central European History
  • This book examines the conflicting images of peasants from the post-Carolingian period to the German Peasants’ War—how they were represented as subhuman yet as close to God; as contemptible yet as exemplary Christians—and how such views
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Introduction: Marginality and Centrality of Peasants1
Ch. 1Peasant Labor and the Limits of Mutuality15
Ch. 2The Breakdown of Mutuality: Laments over the Mistreatment of Peasants40
Ch. 3Equality and Freedom at Creation59
Ch. 4The Curse of Noah86
Ch. 5National Myths and the Origins of Serfdom105
Ch. 6Representations of Contempt and Subjugation133
Ch. 7Peasant Bodies, Male and Female157
Ch. 8Peasant Warriors and Peasant Liberties177
Ch. 9Pious and Exemplary Peasants204
Ch. 10The Problem of Servitude: Arbitrary Mistreatment, Symbolic Degradation239
Ch. 11Peasant Rebellions of the Late Middle Ages257
Conclusion: Harmony and Dissonance289
Notes307
Bibliography403
Index451


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