The Peasants of Ottobeuren, 1487-1726 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521834704)

Focusing on the lands of the Benedictine monastery of Ottobeuren and based on a mass of archival data, this study presents a detailed reconstruction of peasant society in early modern Germany. It argues that the German rural economy performed much better than has previously been believed. The Ottobeuren peasantry generated large agricultural surpluses, became progressively more active in land and credit markets, and traded in ever wider circuits of commerce. Their peasant society is shown therefore to have been stable economically, and surprisingly resilient to war, plague and famine.

Author: Govind P. Sreenivasan
ISBN-10: 0521834708
ISBN-13: 9780521834704
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/07/2004
Pages: 410
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2005 pg. 1089