A History of Agriculture and Prices in England
From the Year after the Oxford Parliament (1259) to the Commencement of the Continental War (1793)

This eight-piece compilation (1866–1902) documents the fluctuating prices of agricultural produce in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries.

James E. Thorold Rogers (Author)

9781108036511, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 December 2011

732 pages
21.6 x 14 x 4.1 cm, 0.92 kg

Since early times, agriculture has been pivotal to England's economy. This is the first in a magisterial seven-volume, eight-piece compilation by the economist James E. Thorold Rogers (1823–90), which represents the most complete record of produce costs in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. Drawing on a variety of sources including college archives and the Public Record Office, Rogers documents the fluctuating prices of commodities such as livestock, wheat, hay, wool, textiles and labour in a time of great economic change, when the growing economy of the early middle ages was shaken by famine and the Black Death, and then gradually recovered towards the Agrarian Revolution. First published in 1866, this volume explores the period from 1259 to 1400. The factual information provided in Volume 2 is analysed in a series of essays focusing on farming methods, international trading, taxes, currency, and the financial consequences of the plague.

Preface
1. Introductory
2. Medieval agriculture
3. Rate of production in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
4. Social distinctions, and the general distribution of wealth
5. Social and domestic economy
6. Medieval justice and courts
7. Journeys and markets
8. Foreign trade and commercial routes
9. Taxes and contributions
10. Weights and measures
11. Currency
12. Averages of prices
13. On the price of grain
14. Fodder and hay
15. On the price of labour
16. The price of live stock
17. The price of wool
18. On the prices of farm produce
19. On the price of materials employed in agricultural economy
20. On the price of building materials
21. Agricultural implements, tools, and furniture
22. On the price of textile fabrics and clothing
23. On the price of metals
24. On the price of fish
25. On the price of foreign produce
26. Sundry articles
27. On the cost of carriage
28. On the profits of agriculture before and after the plague
29. On the purchasing power of wages
Index.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ]