Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 519 g
Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
East Anglian Breckland in the Later Middle Ages
Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 519 g
Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
ISBN: 978-0-521-07314-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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, but that a combination of soil exhaustion and demographic decline resulted in severe economic contraction by the end of the fourteenth century. Marginal regions are seen not just as sensitive barometers of economic change but as important catalysts in that change. Despite the importance placed by historians on the general theory of the margin, this book represents the first detailed study of a 'marginal region'. It focuses upon East Anglian Breckland, whose blowing sands are among the most barren soils in lowland England. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, this study reconstructs Breckland's late medieval economy, and shows it to be more diversified and resilient than the stereotype depicted in marginal theory.
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- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
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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.
