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Rethinking the great transition : community and economic growth in County Durham, 1349-1660 / Peter L. Larson.
Lippincott Library HC257.D8 L37 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Larson, P. L. (Peter Lionel), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communities--England--Durham (County).
- Communities.
- Economic history.
- Durham (England : County)--Economic conditions.
- Durham (England : County).
- Durham (England : County)--Social conditions.
- England--Durham (County).
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- This case study of two rural parishes in County Durham, England, provides an alternate view on the economic development involved in the transition from medieval to modern, partly explaining England's rise to global economic dominance in the seventeenth century.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Development and Capitalism
- The Agrarian Roots of Industrial Development
- The Transition Debate
- The Great and Little Divergences
- Local and Regional History
- Reassessing the Transition from `Medieval' to (Early) `Modern'
- A Transition in Durham
- 2. Villages and Parishes
- Durham and the North
- The Case Study: Bishop Middleham and Sedgefield Parishes
- 3. Life, Marriage, Death, and the Household
- Population Estimates
- The Late Middle Ages
- Early Modern Period
- Family and Household
- Marriage and Widowhood
- Family and Household Size
- The Significance of Population Growth
- 4. The Foundation of the Agrarian Economy
- Tenure and the Tenurial Structure after the Black Death
- Copyhold and Leasehold
- The Land Market
- Widow-Right
- The Costs of Expansion: Rents and Entry Fines
- 5. Agrarian Development
- Durham before the Black Death
- Durham after the Black Death
- Turning Points in Tenurial Change
- C.1390
- 1418
- C.1450
- C.1500
- C.1580
- 1640
- A Divergent Agricultural Development
- 6. Standards of Living in an Age of Transition
- Food and Drink
- The Costs of Living
- A Consumption Revolution?
- The Poor of the Parish
- The Rise and Fall of Wealth in Durham
- 7. The Expanding and Evolving Economy
- Arable and Pastoral Agriculture
- The Dynamics of Agrarian Change
- Service and Labour
- Local Industry
- Credit and Debt
- 8. Individuals and Communities
- Variety of Community
- Village, Parish, and Locality
- Community Leaders
- Communities in Crises
- Community and Change
- Conclusion
- Transition
- Divergence
- Local, National, and Global History.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-215) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780192849878
- 0192849875
- OCLC:
- 1273672424
- Publisher Number:
- 99991412419
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