English society in the later Middle Ages : class, status, and gender

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅸ
• Abbreviations = xii
• Introduction: Socisl structure as social closure = 1
• (i) Marxist social theory = 2
• (ii) 'Liberal' stratification theory = 6
• (iii) Closure theory = 9
• PART I CLASS STRUCTURE AS SOCIAL CLOSURE
• 1 Agrarian class structure: exclusion and dual closure = 17
• (i) Relations of production as social exclusion = 18
• (ii) Feudal relations of production: exclusion by ownership = 21
• (iii) Feudal relations of production and extra-economic coercion: the manor, villeinage and monopoly rights = 25
• (iv) Free peasants = 34
• (v) Lords, labourers and artisans = 37
• (vi) Manorial variation: by region and by landlord = 40
• (vii) Agrarian class structure: gradation and dual closure = 45
• (viii) 'Extra-economic coercion': some problems = 49
• (ix) Exploitation and surplus labour: some problems = 52
• (x) Conclusion: closure, structure and agency = 57
• 2 Agrarian class structure and the forces for change I: trade, population and the money supply = 60
• (i) The rise of a money economy? = 61
• (ii) Malthus and Ricardo = 66
• (iii) Population, the manor and economic change, c.1180-1348 = 69
• (iv) Population, the manor and economic change, 1348-1500 = 80
• (v) The 'Malthusian' model: a balance sheet = 87
• (vi) Prices and the money supply = 95
• (vii) Conclusion = 102
• 3 Agrarian class structure and the forces for change II: usurpationary closure = 104
• (i) Rural class conflict in the pre-plague period = 104
• (ii) The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 = 110
• (iii) Rural class conflict in the post-plague period = 124
• (iv) Agrarian class structure and economic development: 'the Brenner debate' = 127
• (v) Conclusion = 143
• 4 Urban class structure and usurpationary closure = 145
• (i) Urbanisation and its limits = 145
• (ii) Urban class structure = 150
• (iii) Borough privileges and town government = 160
• (iv) Urban social and political conflict: usurpationary closure = 165
• (v) Conclusion = 176
• PART II ORDBR, GENDER AND STATUS-GROUP AS SOCIAL CLOSURE
• 5 Order as social closure I: the nobility = 181
• (i) Orders, status evaluation and the functional perspective = 182
• (ii) The functional perspective: some problems = 186
• (iii) Aristocratic lineage as social closure? = 195
• (iv) Conclusion = 203
• 6 Order as social closure II: the clergy = 206
• (i) The clerical order = 207
• (ii) The clergy: numbers, wealth and power = 213
• (iii) Clerical status and class structure = 223
• (iv) Conflict of laity and clergy: usurpationary closure = 231
• (v) Conclusion = 239
• 7 Gender as social closure: women = 243
• (i) Ideologies of gender in medieval England = 246
• (ii) Women in the countryside = 252
• (iii) Women in the nobility = 262
• (iv) Women in the towns = 270
• (v) Women and usurpationary closure = 278
• (v) Conclusion: a 'deep structure' of social closure? = 281
• 8 Status-group as social closure: the Jews = 284
• (i) The Jews and the Crown = 284
• (ii) The Jews and the Church = 290
• (iii) 'Popular' anti-semitism = 296
• (iv) Conclusion = 301
• 9 Social ideology: closure legitimated? = 303
• (i) The 'dominant ideology' thesis = 304
• (ii) Theodicy as 'dominant ideology' = 306
• (iii) Theodicy as social critique = 310
• (iv) The social dysfunctionality of the Church's teachings = 316
• (v) Ideology as 'practice' = 320
• (vi) Conclusion = 322
• Conclusion = 324
• Notes = 328
• Select bibliography = 354
• Bibliography of references = 357
• Index = 395