Synopses & Reviews
The agrarian history of Britain begins not with the earliest written documents but with the archaeological evidence marking the advent of the first agriculturalists from the European continent before 3000BC. The foundations of the farming community, which was encountered by the Romans and the subsequent Germanic settlers, were laid by stone-using peoples growing cereal crops and domesticating animals, and the later development of metal technologies enabled these peasant communities to intensify their exploitation of the natural environment. This volume was originally published in two parts, the first edited by Stuart Piggott and the second by H. P. R. Finberg. Part II was actually published in 1972, with the first following in 1981. The volume surveys, for the whole of Britain, this evolution of the man-made landscape over the period of some three millennia before the Roman conquest, utilising in particular the surviving evidence in the British countryside, unique in Europe, for the agrarian pattern of prehistoric settlement.
Synopsis
This volume surveys the evolution of the man-made landscape in Britain over the period of some three millennia before the Roman conquest.
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.