English Manor Life -- A Study of Peasant Life Conditions from 1150 to 1400

Author: (English) Henry Stanley Bennett
Translator: Long Xiuching, Sun Litian, Zhao Wenjun
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: A book is like a person, but after reading Bennett's Life in the English Manor, the impression is completely opposite to the brook in Kleopov's works: like an unfathomable lake, clear, profound, and tranquil; like a well-read and refined scholar, simple yet joyful. It vividly depicts the patterns of medieval rural life, the influence of seasons, agricultural knowledge, rent and labor, manor management, folk entertainment, religious impact, court proceedings, and more, thus comprehensively portraying the material and spiritual lives of English manor peasants. The author is a renowned British historian, and this work not only addresses the origins of British feudal society but also helps readers understand the soil from which capitalism emerged.