German countryside in the Bohemian lands (contextual input). From pre-modern times to the threshold of modernity

Abstract

The chapter traces the development of the German countryside in the Bohemian lands during the period of late feudalism on the road to capitalism and civil society. It explains the changes in the mentality of rural people as a prerequisite for their inclusion in self-government and political life.

Keywords

• Agrarianism
• German countryside
• mentality
• agriculture