Freshly Printed - allow 8 days lead
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)
9781108036528, Cambridge University Press
Paperback / softback, published 22 December 2011
740 pages
21.6 x 14 x 4.1 cm, 0.93 kg
Since early times, agriculture has been pivotal to England's economy. This is the second 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 presents in tabular form the data from 1259 to 1400 discussed in Volume 1, showing the prices of a diverse range of products and services in towns and regions across the country.
Preface
Prices of grain
Prices of rarer grain
Prices of corpora of vetches and peas
Prices of grass by the acre
Prices of stock
Prices of swans
Prices of labour
Wages of hired servants
Prices of wool
Prices of hides
Prices of cheese, butter, eggs
Prices of cider and fruit
Prices of grease, lard, and fat
Prices of hay
Prices of fuel
Prices of hemp and flax
Prices of candles
Prices of wax and oil
Prices of honey
Prices of salt
Prices of tar
Prices of copperas and verdigris
Prices of millstones
Prices of tiles, slates, and pins
Prices of hurdles
Prices of laths
Prices of limes
Prices of marling
Prices of iron and steel
Prices of nails
Prices of ploughshares
Prices of ploughshoes, clouts, and nails
Prices of horseshoes and nails
Prices of canvas
Prices of rope
Prices of locks and keys
Prices of carts, wheels, and fittings
Prices of metals
Prices of glass
Prices of linen and clothing
Prices of spices
Prices of wine
Prices of fish
Prices of oysters & muscles
Prices of rabbits
Prices of arms
Taxes
Sundry articles
Sundry services
Addenda: grain
Seeds
Plants
Wool
Stock
Hides, cheese, butter, grease, cider
Prices of carriage
Notes: seasons and prices
Notes: political and social
Bailiff's account
Itinerary to Avignon
Itinerary to Northumberland
Determination Feast
Rentals
Kalendar
Indenture of chattels
Holywell Court
Expulsio Ric: Lythum
Exoneratio Tallagii
Scrutiny
Indices.
Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ]