Lords, Land, and the Manorial Economy

Step inside the working heart of medieval Europe, where land meant wealth, labor meant survival, and the manor shaped the lives of lords and peasants alike. Lords, Land, and the Manorial Economy explores the complex system that governed the medieval countryside, from demesne fields and tenant farms to mills, forests, village courts, and common lands.Through the daily experiences of free peasants, villeins, serfs, estate officials, and rural families, this book reveals how food was produced, rents were collected, labor was organized, and communities negotiated the demands of lordship. It also examines women's essential economic roles, the realities of poverty and hunger, and the ways ordinary villagers resisted, bargained, migrated, and adapted as medieval society changed.Far from presenting the manor as a static or isolated institution, this volume reveals a dynamic rural world shaped by custom, commerce, demographic crisis, and constant negotiation between power and survival.

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Lydbog: 7. oktober 2026