Synopses & Reviews
The third volume of The Agrarian History of England and Wales, dealing with the last century and a half of the middle ages, follows the general pattern of the second volume which described the generations of agricultural expansion between the time of Domesday and of the Black Death. The third volume, however, concerns itself with the new demographic and economic circumstances created in large measure by endemic plague, and how these circumstances influenced patterns of settlement in the countryside, farming practices and the structure of rural society, both at the level of landlords and in the villages. An attempt is made to distinguish the special influence of general circumstances in the different regions of late medieval England and Wales. The volume includes a study of the marketing of agricultural produce in the period 1200-1500, detailed analyses of the movements of prices and wages in the countryside, a review of peasant rebellions and discontent centered on the revolts of 1381, and a chapter devoted to rural building in England and Wales.
Review
"...this volume makes valuable contributions to the on-going study of English and Welsh agrarian history." Albion
Review
"...an essential reference volume. Tracing the decline of manorial demesnes, the disappearance of serfdom, the rise of rural industry, and the conversion of arable to pasture, this volume reliably takes its readers across the distance that separates medieval serfs from Tudor husbandmen and goodwives." Judith M. Bennett, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Review
"...a substantive contribution to known raw data and a survey of sources that must be considered definitive in quality." J. A. Raftis, Speculum
Synopsis
This series, published between 1967 and 2000, comprises eight volumes covering the agrarian history of England and Wales from the Neolithic period onwards.
Synopsis
This series, initiated under the general editorship of the late H. P. R. Finberg, comprises eight volumes covering the agrarian history of England and Wales from the Neolithic period to the time of publication. The volumes were published between 1967 and 2000.
Table of Contents
Part I. Prehistory Stuart Piggott; Part II. AD 43-1042 H. P. R. Finberg; Section 4. Roman Britain S. Applebaum; Part I. England before the Norman Conquest H. E. Hallam; Part II. Domesday England Sally Harvey; Part III. New Settlement; Part II. Domesday England Sally Harvey; Part III. New Settlement; Part III. New Settlement; Part IV. Farming Techniques; Part V. Population Movements in England, 1086-1350 H. E. Hallam; Part VI. Social Structure; Part VI. Social Structure; Part VII. Prices and Wages David L. Farmer; Part VIII. The Life of the People H. E. Hallam; Part IX. Rural Building in England and Wales J. G. Hurst; Section 1. England; Section 2. Wales L. A. S. Butler; Part X. Rural England and Wales, 1042-1350 H. E. Hallam; Bibliography; Index of place names; General index. Volume 3; Part VIII. The Life of the People H. E. Hallam; Part IX. Rural Building in England and Wales J. G. Hurst; Section 1. England; Section 2. Wales L. A. S. Butler; Part X. Rural England and Wales, 1042-1350 H. E. Hallam; Bibliography; Index of place names; General index. Volume 3; Part IX. Rural Building in England and Wales J. G. Hurst; Section 1. England; Section 2. Wales L. A. S. Butler; Part X. Rural England and Wales, 1042-1350 H. E. Hallam; Bibliography; Index of place names; General index. Volume 3; Part X. Rural England and Wales, 1042-1350 H. E. Hallam; Bibliography; Index of place names; General index. Volume 3; Part I. Introduction; Part II. The Occupation of the Land; Part III. Farming Practice and Techniques; Part IV. Marketing the Produce of the Countryside, 1200-1500 David L. Farmer; Part V. Prices and Wages, 1350-1500 David L. Farmer; Part VI. Landlords J. M. W. Bean; Part VII. Tenant Farming and Tenant Farmers; Part V. Prices and Wages, 1350-1500 David L. Farmer; Part VI. Landlords J. M. W. Bean; Part VII. Tenant Farming and Tenant Farmers; Part VI. Landlords J. M. W. Bean; Part VII. Tenant Farming and Tenant Farmers.