Alice Velková, The Cruel Manorial Authority or the Poor Dependent Peasants?

Abstract

The review of Alice Velková, Krutá vrchnost, ubozí poddaní? Prague 2009. The book is concerned with the transformations of the rural family and society in the 18th century and in the first half of the 19th century on the basis of the Manor of Šťáhlavy in West Bohemia.

Keywords

• Manor of Šťáhlavy
• 18th-19th Century
• Rural Family
• Historical Demography