Compulsory Service in Late Medieval England
Compulsory Service in Late Medieval England By Judith M. Bennett Past and Present, Vol. 209:1 (2010) Introduction: In June 1349, as the plague…
Multi-Use Management of the Medieval Anglo-Norman Forest
Multi-Use Management of the Medieval Anglo-Norman Forest Wilson, Dolores Journal of the Oxford University History Society, Issue 2 (Trinity 2004) Abstract Modern public…
The Economics of Exhaustion, the Postan Thesis, and the Agricultural Revolution
The Economics of Exhaustion, the Postan Thesis, and the Agricultural Revolution By Gregory Clark The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 52, No. 1. (1992)…
A Comparison of Agricultural Production on the Estates of King, Church and Laity in 1086
A Comparison of Agricultural Production on the Estates of King, Church and Laity in 1086 By John McDonald Flinders Business School Research Paper…
Debating Lordly Landscapes: the Deer Park of Earlspark Loughrea, Co. Galway
This paper explored the Medieval Peer Park and its social meaning in medieval Ireland and England.
Employment on a Northern English Farm, 1370-1409
Professor Britnell spoke about the manorial accounts from a small farm in Durham called Houghall, which belonged to Durham Priory.
Women and Cows – Ownership and Work in Medieval Sweden
In this paper, I will be looking at butter making as a woman’s occupation.
Chicken Husbandry in Late-Medieval Eastern England: c. 1250-1400
Chicken Husbandry in Late-Medieval Eastern England: c. 1250-1400 By Philip Slavin Anthropozoologica, Vol. 44:2 (2009) Abstract: The present article studies the place of…
Statute and Local Custom: Village Byelaws and the Governance of Common Land in Medieval and Early-modern England
Statute and Local Custom: Village Byelaws and the Governance of Common Land in Medieval and Early-modern England By Angus Winchester Confernce Paper (2008)…
Pigs, Presses and Pastoralism: Farming In the Fifth to Sixth Centuries AD
In the light of archaeological and related discoveries of the past decades, what can be said about rural settlement and production in this key period? Were there any major changes to farming practices, and if so, what were they?
Livestock in the Brehon Laws
The content of Brehon Law is as varied as the life of the people, and ranges from law of the person to the regulation of almost trivial details of farming.
The Animal Remains found at Kirkstall Abbey
The Animal Remains found at Kirkstall Abbey Ryder, M. L Agricultural History Review,Volume 7 part 1 (1959) Abstract The use of archaeology as…
The Common Fields of the Coastlands of Gwent
The Common Fields of the Coastlands of Gwent Sylvester, Dorothy Agricultural History Review, Volume 6 part 1 (1958) Abstract The development of agriculture…
A Review of Balks as Strip Boundaries in the Open Fields
A Review of Balks as Strip Boundaries in the Open Fields Beecham, H.A Agricultural History Review, Volume 4 part 1 (1956) Abstract It…
The Curving Plough-strip and its Historical Implications
The Curving Plough-strip and its Historical Implications Eyre, S.R. Agricultural History Review, Volume 3, No. 2 (1955) Abstract To all those who find…
A Reconsideration of Some Former Husbandry Practices
A Reconsideration of Some Former Husbandry Practices Kerridge, Eric Agricultural History Review, Volume 3, No. 1 (1955) Abstract The purpose of this article…
The Content and Sources of English Agrarian History before 1500
The Content and Sources of English Agrarian History before 1500 Hilton, R.H. Agricultural History Review, Volume 3, No. 1 (1955) Abstract The picture…
An Early Reference to the Welsh Cattle Trade
An Early Reference to the Welsh Cattle Trade Finberg, H. P. R. Agricultural History Review, Volume 2 (1954) Abstract How old is the…
The role of agriculture in Mamluk-Jordanian power relations
The role of agriculture in Mamluk-Jordanian power relations By Bethany J. Walker Bulletin d’Etudes Orientales, Vol.57, Suppl. (2008) Introduction: Power politics between rulers and ruled…
Manorial organisation in early thirteenth-century Tipperary
Manorial organisation in early thirteenth-century Tipperary By Mark Hennessy Irish Geography, Vo.l 29:2 (1996) Abstract: Research in Ireland on medieval manors has tended to focus…
Tilling the Hateful Earth: Agricultural Production and Trade in the Late Antique East
Tilling the Hateful Earth: Agricultural Production and Trade in the Late Antique East By Michael Decker Oxford University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-19-956528-3 This…
Industrial Milling in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds: A Survey of the Evidence for an Industrial Revolution in Medieval Europe
Examines whether the evidence for waterpowered industry cited by advocates of the thesis of a medieval industrial revolution is sufficiently robust to support the claims that have been made for it.
The Agrarian Problem in the Early Fourteenth Century
Until recently it was widely believed that feudal tenurial relationships sanctioned and facilitated the extra-economic exploitation of tenants by their lords. Together, the heaviness of rent charges and the arbitrariness of lordship discouraged and depressed tenant investment in agriculture.