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)

9781108036559, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 December 2011

874 pages
21.6 x 14 x 4.9 cm, 1.09 kg

Since early times, agriculture has been pivotal to England's economy. This is the fifth 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 1887, Volume 5 uses the data supplied in Volume 6 to discuss the period from 1583 to 1702, exploring the costs of traditional agricultural products as well as fuel and building materials, transport, tenant farms, and changes in wages.

Preface
1. Introductory
2. Agriculture in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
3. On the distribution of wealth in England from 1583 to 1702
4. Currency
5. Trade and markets
6. Taxation and finance
7. On the price of grain
8. On the price of hops
9. On the prices of hay and straw
10. Minor agricultural products
11. On the price of stock and meat
12. Dairy produce, eggs and poultry
13. On candles, tallow, and fuel
14. Wool, hides, and bark
15. On the price of fish
16. On the price of salt
17. On the price of foreign produce
18. On the price of materials
19. On the price of building materials
20. On the price of textile fabrics. Linen
21. On the price of textile fabrics. Cloth, etc.
22. On the price of paper, etc., parchment, etc., and rope
23. Labour and wages
24. Sundries
25. On the cost of carriage
26. On prices generally between 1583 and 1702
27. The condition of the tenant farmer, 1583–1702
28. On the purchasing power of wages
Index.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ]