Autochthony
Autochthony

Author(s): Roman Doušek
Subject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Social history, Culture and social structure , Rural and urban sociology, 18th Century, 19th Century
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Countryside; Folk culture; Moravia; 18th-19th century; Culture;
Summary/Abstract: Before the 19th century, the Central European countryside was a place where non-local social classes pursued their interests, whether they were of an economic, political, missionary, cultural,or reformatory nature. These classes introduced their ideas and tried to influence local inhabitants through various tools of power from their positions as owners of manors and through state political mechanisms sanctioned by religion, etc.

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