Ordinary Prussians: Brandenburg Junkers and Villagers, 1500 1840This book is about ordinary villagers and landlords (Junkers) in the Prussian German countryside, from the late middle ages to the nineteenth century. It is distinguished by its concentration on first person testimony, and focus on the lives and fortunes of ordinary people during the era of the rise of capitalism and the modern state. The book is a major contribution to fundamental debates in German history on the origins of modern political