Essays on Medieval Agriculture and General Problems of the Medieval Economy

M. M. Postan

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511896729

Professor Postan's work on the social and economic history of the Middle Ages has had an enormous influence upon the study of the subject. His essays represent his major contribution and are an invaluable addition to the literature. Twenty-two essays are gathered together into two volumes. Previously published elsewhere, many in obscure places, over a period from 1928 to 1972, they are still greatly used and referred to today; their appearance in this more accessible form will be warmly welcomed by a wide range of students and scholars in all branches of medieval and economic history as well as by social scientists and economists generally. This volume contains such seminal pieces as The economic foundations of medieval society, The rise of a money economy, The chronology of labour services and The charters of the villeins.

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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Contents
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I - GENERAL
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1 - The economical foundations of medieval economy
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2 - The rise of a money economy
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3 - The fifteenth century
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4 - Some social consequences of the Hundred Years War
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5 - The costs of the Hundred Years War
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6 - Why was science backward in the Middle Ages?
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II - AGRARIAN
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7 - The chronology of labour services
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8 - The charters of the villeins
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9 - Heriots and prices on Winchester manors with statistical notes on Winchester heriots by J. Longde (Graphs appear between pp. 174 and 175)
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10 - Some agrarian evidence of a declining population in the later Middle Ages
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11 - Village livestock in the thirteenth century
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12 - Glastonbury estates in the twelfth century
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13 - Legal status and economic condition in medieval villages
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Preface
pp v-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vi-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

I - GENERAL
pp 1-2

1 - The economical foundations of medieval economy
pp 3-27

2 - The rise of a money economy
pp 28-40

3 - The fifteenth century
pp 41-48

4 - Some social consequences of the Hundred Years War
pp 49-62

5 - The costs of the Hundred Years War
pp 63-80

6 - Why was science backward in the Middle Ages?
pp 81-86

II - AGRARIAN
pp 87-88

7 - The chronology of labour services
pp 89-106

8 - The charters of the villeins
pp 107-149

9 - Heriots and prices on Winchester manors with statistical notes on Winchester heriots by J. Longde (Graphs appear between pp. 174 and 175)
pp 150-185

10 - Some agrarian evidence of a declining population in the later Middle Ages
pp 186-213

11 - Village livestock in the thirteenth century
pp 214-248

12 - Glastonbury estates in the twelfth century
pp 249-277

13 - Legal status and economic condition in medieval villages
pp 278-290

Index
pp 291-302

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