The Rural Economy of England

by Joan Thirsk

Overview

No one has done more to emphasise the significance of the land in early modern England that Joan Thirsk, whose writings are both an important contribution to its history and point the way for future research. The subjects of this collection include the origin and nature of the common fields, Tudor enclosures, the Commonwealth confiscation of Royalist land and its subsequent return after the Restoration, inheritance customs, and the role of industries in the rural economy, among them stocking knitting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780907628293
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/16/2003
Series:	History Series , #25
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	434
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Joan Thirsk is the UK's leading historian of agriculture. She is the author of Alternative Agriculture: A History.