Chapter Reflecting Peasant Agency in Medieval Rural Milieu Research of East Central Europe

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...

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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.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1636302025-08-02T05:19:37Z Chapter Reflecting Peasant Agency in Medieval Rural Milieu Research of East Central Europe Čapek, Ladislav Holata, Lukáš Deserted medieval village rural archaeology historiography peasantry agency East Central Europe Late Middle Age 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. 2025-08-02T05:19:36Z 2025-08-02T05:19:36Z 2025-08-01T15:49:32Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221505627_148 2704-6079 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104698 9791221505627 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163630 eng Reti Medievali E-Book open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104698/1/43429.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0562-7.03 10.36253/979-12-215-0562-7.03 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221505627 36 Florence open access
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rural archaeology
historiography
peasantry
agency
East Central Europe
Late Middle Age
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Holata, Lukáš
Chapter Reflecting Peasant Agency in Medieval Rural Milieu Research of East Central Europe
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rural archaeology
historiography
peasantry
agency
East Central Europe
Late Middle Age
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East Central Europe
Late Middle Age
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