Marginal Economy? - East Anglian Breckland in the Later Middle Ages

Klappentext A theory of the margin has long featured in the work of medieval historians. Zusammenfassung A theory of the margin has long featured in the work of medieval historians. Marginal regions are taken to be those of poor soil or geographical remoteness! where farmers experienced particular difficulties in grain production. It is argued that such regions were cultivated only when demographic pressure intensified in the thirteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. At the margin; 2. Field systems and agrarian techniques in medieval Breckland; 3. East Anglian Breckland: A marginal economy? 4. Growth, crisis and change: Economic performance 1300-1399; 5. Decline and recovery: economic performance 1400-1540; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Bailey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.09.2008
• EAN: 9780521073141
• ISBN: 978-0-521-07314-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics