Description
| Product ID: | 9781108720069 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Moral Economy of the Countryside |
| Subtitle: | Anglo-Saxon to Anglo-Norman England |
| Authors: | Author: Rosamond Faith |
| Page Count: | 244 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Social and cultural history, Social classes, Rural communities, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Social & cultural history, Social classes, Rural communities, England, c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | Shows how the 'moral economy' of medieval England was transformed after the Norman Conquest, when 'feudal thinking' superseded traditional values of rank, reciprocity and worth. How were manorial lords in the twelfth and thirteenth century able to appropriate peasant labour? And what does this reveal about the changing attitudes and values of medieval England? Considering these questions from the perspective of the ''moral economy'', the web of shared values within a society, Rosamond Faith offers a penetrating portrait of a changing world. Anglo-Saxon lords were powerful in many ways but their power did not stem directly from their ownership of land. The values of early medieval England - principally those of rank, reciprocity and worth - were shared across society. The Norman Conquest brought in new attitudes both to land and to the relationship between lords and peasants, and the Domesday Book conveyed the novel concept of ''tenure''. The new ''feudal thinking'' permeated all relationships concerned with land: peasant farmers were now manorial tenants, owing labour and rent. Many people looked back to better days. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-10-31 |
