After the black death : a social history of early modern Europe / George Huppert.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-179) and index.

Leads the reader into the villages and cities of early modern European society. The book begins with an overview of family and community structure, social conflict, and religious beliefs. After describing the fundamental traits of both rural and urban society, it considers the elites, armed rebellion, poverty, criminality, sexual behavior, and marriage practices. For this second edition, the author has added a new chapter on the incessant warfare that was characteristic of this age and on the transformation of warfare by the new commercial captialism. -- from back cover.

The eternal village -- The freedom of the city -- The urban community -- The urban elite -- The privileged estates -- The evolution of rural society -- Rebellion -- On the margins of the community -- Private lives -- Worldly minds -- War and plunder.