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)

9781108036542, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 December 2011

804 pages
21.6 x 14 x 4.5 cm, 1 kg

Since early times, agriculture has been pivotal to England's economy. This is the fourth 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 1882, this volume discusses the period from 1401 to 1582, using the data published in Volume 3, exploring the distribution of wealth, the cost of foreign produce, weights, measures and currency, and variation in wages.

Preface
1. Introductory
2. Agriculture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
3. On the distribution of wealth in England during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
4. Trade and markets
5. Taxes and contributions
6. Currency
6.i. Weights and measures
7. Averages of prices
8. On the price of grain
9. Hay and straw
10. Wool and hides
11. On the price of farm produce
12. Articles employed in agriculture
13. Agricultural implements and tools
14. On the price of building materials, etc.
15. On the price of metals
16. On the price of labour
17. On the price of fish
18. Prices of ale and beer
19. On the price of textile fabrics and clothing
19.i. Paper, parchment, ink, books, etc.
20. Sundry articles
21. On the price of foreign produce. Wine
22. On the price of foreign produce. Spices, fruits, sugar, confectionary
23. On the cost of carriage
24. On prices generally between 1401 and 1582
25. On the profits of agriculture
26. On the purchasing power of wages
Index.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ]