Feeding the Brethren: Grain Provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, c. 1280-1370
Feeding the Brethren: Grain Provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, c. 1280-1370 By Philip Slavin PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 2008 Abstract: The present dissertation…
Multi-Use Management of the Medieval Anglo-Norman Forest
Despite the commonly held view that medieval man consumed his resources without control, the Middle Ages were in fact a time of balancing the multiple uses of the forest to obtain the highest feasible short and long-term economic benefit.
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…
Forests as Exercises in Medieval Power
It has been estimated by historian and professor Charles R. Young that during the thirteenth century one quarter of the land in England was designated as royal forest.
Labor Use and Landlord Control: Sharecropping and Household Structure in Fifteenth-Century Tuscany
Labor Use and Landlord Control: Sharecropping and Household Structure in Fifteenth-Century Tuscany By Rebecca Jean Emigh The Journal of Historical Sociology, Vol.11:1 (1998)…
A medieval woodland manor: Hanley Castle, Worcestershire
A medieval woodland manor: Hanley Castle, Worcestershire By James Patrick Toomey Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham (1997) Abstract: A woodland manor in the…
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…
‘Profane’ Activity Amongst Pious Villagers: In pursuit of identity amongst smelting communities in Byzantine Serres and Drama, Macedonia
‘Profane’ Activity Amongst Pious Villagers: In pursuit of identity amongst smelting communities in Byzantine Serres and Drama, Macedonia By Nerantzis Nerantzis Assemblage: The…
Land Administration in Medieval Japan: Ito no shô in Chikuzen Province, 1131–1336
Land Administration in Medieval Japan: Ito no shô in Chikuzen Province, 1131–1336 By Judith Fröhlich History: The Journal of the Historical Association, Vol.…
Irrigation and Hydraulic Technology in Islamic Spain: Methodological Considerations
Irrigation and Hydraulic Technology in Islamic Spain: Methodological Considerations By Thomas F. Glick Journal for the History of Arabic Science, Vol.11 (1997) Synopsis: Examines the…
Templars (and Hospitallers) in Essex
Cressing Temple, about 10 miles northeast of Chelmsford in Essex, is thought to be the earliest settlement of the Knights Templar in England.
Changing Layers of Jurisdiction and the Reshaping of Icelandic Society c. 1220-1350
Changing Layers of Jurisdiction and the Reshaping of Icelandic Society c. 1220-1350 By Jón Viðar Sigurðsson Communities in European History: Representations, Jurisdictions, Conflicts, edited…
Agricultural Productivity in Eastern Europe and Western Asia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Agricultural Productivity in Eastern Europe and Western Asia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries By Metin Coşgel Paper given at Towards a Global…
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.
Iceland in the Saga Period: Some Geographical Aspects
Iceland in the Saga Period: Some Geographical Aspects By Sigurdur Thorarinsson Thridji Vikingafundur [Third Viking Congress], edited by Kristján Eldjárn Ritsjóri (Reykjavik, 1958) Synopsis: Examines…
A Classification of Peasants Attached to Land in Byzantium of the 14th Century
Cluster analysis was used to classify peasants attached to land in the 14th century Byzantium on the basis of 1321 property-tax cadastre that registered the landed property of St. Athanasius Lavra in Athos.
Marginal Landscapes and the Medieval English Economy
Marginal Landscapes and the Medieval English Economy By Mark Page XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: The economic and social significance of non-arable landscapes in…
Selective Manuring in the Medieval Open Fields
Selective Manuring in the Medieval Open Fields By Richard Jones XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: For those in medieval Europe who sought to make…
‘Social agro-systems’ reflected in landscapes. The example of ‘inland Flanders’ in the late middle ages and the early modern period
‘Social agro-systems’ reflected in landscapes. The example of ‘inland Flanders’ in the late middle ages and the early modern period By Erik Thoen and…
Agricultural Productivity in the Early Ottoman Empire
Agricultural Productivity in the Early Ottoman Empire By Metin Cosgel XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Abstract: This paper provides standardized estimates of…
Ornamental structures in the medieval gardens of Scotland
Ornamental structures in the medieval gardens of Scotland Cooper, Scott Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 129 (1999), 817-839 ABSTRACT: This…
Witchcraft, Weather and Economic Growth in Renaissance Europe
This paper explores the possibility that the witchcraft trials are a large-scale example of violence and scapegoating prompted by a deterioration in economic conditions.
Deer and Deer Farming in Medieval England
Deer and Deer Farming in Medieval England By Jean Birrell Agricultural History Review, Vol.40:2 (1992) Abstract: The deer in the parks, chases and forests…