Reflecting Peasant Agency in Medieval Rural Milieu Research of East Central Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://media.fupress.com/files/pdf/24/15626/43429" target="_blank" >https://media.fupress.com/files/pdf/24/15626/43429</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0562-7.03" target="_blank" >10.36253/979-12-215-0562-7.03</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Reflecting Peasant Agency in Medieval Rural Milieu Research of East Central Europe
Original language description
Despite an exceptionally long tradition of research on medieval rural milieu, peasant agency represents a new theoretical approach that has not yet been coherently reflected in East Central Europe. Issues within social archaeology remain on the fringes of the archaeological interpretations. The view of the peasantry was heavily influenced by economic history and Marxist historiography, portraying peasants as a passive, conservative, homogeneous, socially unequal, and subaltern group vis-à-vis the upper class/elites. This text represents the very first effort to assess the rich evidence obtained by large-scale excavations of deserted medieval villages by adopting a peasant agency perspective. To do so, we introduce seven perspective themes in which the diversity and complexity of rural communities that have taken an active role in historical processes making collective and individual decisions can be illustrated. Our ambition is to offer a new insight into late medieval peasants in East Central Europe, enhance their comprehensive understanding, and stimulate future research directions.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA22-23889S" target="_blank" >GA22-23889S: Vulnerable or Resilient? Understanding the Responses of Medieval Rural Communities to Environmental Stress</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Local Societies and Peasantry Agencies in Medieval Iberia
ISBN
979-12-215-0561-0
Number of pages of the result
36
Pages from-to
41-76
Number of pages of the book
304
Publisher name
Firenze University Press
Place of publication
Firenze
UT code for WoS chapter
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