The development of leasehold in northwestern Europe, c. 1200-1600 / edited by Bas J.P. van Bavel and Phillipp R. Schofield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bavel, B. J. P. van, 1964- editor.

Schofield, Phillipp R., 1964- editor.

Series:

CORN publication series ; 10.

CORN publication series ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure--Europe, Western--History--To 1500.

Land tenure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, the exploitation of landownership underwent drastic changes in various parts of Northwestern Europe. In these changes, the emergence of the lease plays a pivotal role. At the end of the Middle Ages, in a number of areas within the North Sea area, the greater part of available land was held at lease for relatively short terms. The competitive and contractual nature of such leasing has caused many to associate it with the emergence of capitalism in the countryside, seeing its rise as a key element in the transformation of the rural economy and society in the last millennium. In view of this, it is surprising that the emergence of leasing has received little systematic attention, particularly where its roots, its early development, its exact arrangements and the social and economic context of its emergence are concerned, let alone the regional and chronological differences in these elements. This volume aims to make a first step in exploring these issues.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

2-503-53730-8