Decision-Making in Medieval Agriculture

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-924776-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

This fascinating and important book uses a wealth of contemporary sources to reconstruct the mental world of medieval farmers and, by doing so, argues that these key figures in the Middle Ages have been unfairly stereotyped. David Stone overturns the traditional view of medieval countrymen as economically backward and instead reveals that agricultural decision-making was as rational in the fouteenth century as in modern times. Investigating agricultural mentalities first at a local level and then for England as a whole, Dr Stone argues that human action shaped the course of the rural economy to a much greater extent than has hitherto been appreciated, and challenges the commonly held view that the medieval period was dominated by ecological and economic crises. Focusing in particular on responses to commercial forces and the adoption of agricultural technology, this book has significant implications for our understanding of agricultural development throughout the last thousand years.

Zielgruppe

Medieval British historians, scholars and students of economic and social history, local and agricultural historians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stone, David

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Landwirtschaftliche Bewässerung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- I: Introduction

- 1: Interpreting Medieval Agriculture

- 2: The Demesne Farm of Wisbech Barton

- II: The Management of Resources at Wisbech Barton

- 3: From Agrarian Crisis to the Black Death

- 4: The 'Indian Summer' for Demesne Farming

- 5: Responding to Pressure at the turn of the Fifteenth Century

- 6: The Last Phase of Direct Cultivation

- III: Decision Making on Medieval Agriculture

- 7: Standards of Demesne Farm Management in England

- 8: The Use of Agricultural Techniques in Medieval England

- Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Stone currently teaches history at Dulwich College. Previously he was a Research Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.