The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 3, 1348–1500

The third volume of The Agrarian History of England and Wales (1991) deals with the last century and a half of the Middle Ages.

Edward Miller (Edited by)

9780521200127, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 April 2011

1022 pages
22.9 x 5.1 x 15.2 cm, 1.4 kg

"...a substantive contribution to known raw data and a survey of sources that must be considered definitive in quality." J. A. Raftis, Speculum

The third volume of The Agrarian History of England and Wales, which was first published in 1991, deals with the last century and a half of the Middle Ages. It concerns itself with the new demographic and economic circumstances created in large measure by endemic plague, and how these circumstances influenced patterns of settlement in the countryside, farming practices and the structure of rural society, both at the level of landlords and in the villages. An attempt is made to distinguish the special influence of general circumstances in the different regions of late medieval England and Wales. The volume includes a study of the marketing of agricultural produce in the period 1200–1500, detailed analyses of the movements of prices and wages in the countryside, a review of peasant rebellions and discontent centred on the revolts of 1381, and a chapter devoted to rural building in England and Wales.

List of plates
List of figures
List of tables
Preface by the general editor
Preface
Abbreviations
Part I. Introduction: Land and People Edward Miller
Part II. The Occupation of the Land: 1. The northern borders J. A. Tuck
2. Yorkshire and Lancashire Edward Miller
3. Eastern England R. H. Britnell
4. The East Midlands Edmund King
5. The West Midlands C. C. Dyer
6. Wales and the Marches D. Huw Owen
7. The Home Counties P. D. A. Harvey
8. Kent and Sussex Mavis Mate
9. The Southern Counties Edward Miller
10. Devon and Cornwall H. S. A. Fox
Part III. Farming Practice and Techniques: 1. The northern borders J. A. Tuck
2. Yorkshire and Lancashire Edward Miller
3. Eastern England R. H. Britnell
4. The East Midlands Edmund King
5. The West Midlands C. C. Dyer
6. Wales and the Marches D. Huw Owen
7. The Home Counties P. D. A. Harvey
8. Kent and Sussex Mavis Mate
9. The Southern Counties Edward Miller
10. Devon and Cornwall H. S. A. Fox
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: 1. The northern borders J. A. Tuck
2. Yorkshire and Lancashire Edward Miller
3. Eastern England R. H. Britnell
4. The East Midlands Edmund King
5. The West Midlands C. C. Dyer
6. Wales and the Marches D. Huw Owen
7. The Home Counties P. D. A. Harvey
8. Kent and Sussex Mavis Mate
9. The Southern Counties Edward Miller
10. Devon and Cornwall H. S. A. Fox
Part VIII. Peasant Rebellion and Peasant Discontents E. B. Fryde
Part IX. Rural Building in England and Wales
Section 1. England H. E. J. Le Patourel
Section 2. Wales L. A. S. Butler
Select bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ]