...a superb textbook covering the economy of the British Isles from 1050 to 1530...What makes this book so valuable [...is] its comprehensiveness and sure-footed approach throughout...the book is likely to be the standard work on the topic for many years to come...a tour de force of intelligent assessment and penetrating insight.

John Langdon, University of Alberta

By any standard, this book is an impressive achievement ... this book is the definitive statement of our times about those more distant times.

H.B. Clarke, The Ricardian

This important book represents the first meaningful attempt to provide an overview of the economy and society in Britain and Ireland during the middle ages.

The English Historical Review

This book analyses the economic and social development of Britain and Ireland between 1050 and 1530. It compares economic institutions, the structure of production and rates of economic development and is richly supplied with up-to-date evidence. After considering the principal geographical, cultural and political constraints on economic development, the book examines in detail the development of towns and trade, settlement patterns, agriculture and relations between lords and tenures. The book is structured so that it can be used on both short courses and longer ones, with the material divided at 1300 in order to facilitate its adaptation for different study needs.
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Analyses the economic and social development of Britain and Ireland between 1050 and 1530. This book compares economic institutions, the structure of production and rates of economic development. It is structured so that it can be used on both short courses and longer ones, with the material divided at 1300.
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Introduction ; PRELIMINARIES ; 1. Material resources and economic constraints ; 2. Culture and economic constraints ; 3. Power and economic constraints ; 4. Contours of development ; 5. Britain and Ireland in the later eleventh century ; 1050 - 1300 ; 6. Merchants and their trade ; 7. Towns, industry and local trade ; 8. Rural settlement and society ; 9. Arable husbandry ; 10. Pasture husbandry ; 11. Lords and tenants ; 12. Government ; 13. Procedural routines and the uses of literacy ; 14. Stability and Crisis ; 15. Britain and Ireland in the early fourteenth century ; 1300 - 1530 ; 16. Merchants and their trade ; 17. Towns, industry and local trade ; 18. Rural settlement and society ; 19. Arable husbandry ; 20. Pastoral husbandry ; 21. Landlords and tenants ; 22. Government ; 23. Procedural routines and the uses of literacy ; 24. Stability and Crisis ; 25. Britain and Ireland in the early sixteenth century ; Bibliography of primary sources ; Index
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No other economic history of the medieval period includes Wales, Scotland and Ireland, as well as England Incorporates economic, political and social history, making the book accessible to non-economists Includes up-to-date statistical evidence and comments on sources
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Richard Britnell is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Durham. He has written extensively on this period of British history.
No other economic history of the medieval period includes Wales, Scotland and Ireland, as well as England Incorporates economic, political and social history, making the book accessible to non-economists Includes up-to-date statistical evidence and comments on sources
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198731450
Publisert
2004
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Vekt
877 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
157 mm
Dybde
31 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
400

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Om bidragsyterne

Richard Britnell is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Durham. He has written extensively on this period of British history.