A History of Agriculture and Prices in England

From the Year after the Oxford Parliament (1259) to the Commencement of the Continental War (1793)

James E Thorold Rogers author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:22nd Dec '11

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A History of Agriculture and Prices in England cover

This eight-piece compilation (1866–1902) documents the fluctuating prices of agricultural produce in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries.

This immensely detailed eight-piece compilation documents the fluctuating prices of agricultural produce in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. Volume 5 (from 1887) uses the data supplied in Volume 6 to discuss the period from 1583 to 1702, exploring topics such as building materials, carriage costs and wage fluctuation.Since early times, agriculture has been pivotal to England's economy. This is the fifth in a magisterial seven-volume, eight-piece compilation by the economist James E. Thorold Rogers (1823–90), which represents the most complete record of produce costs in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. Drawing on a variety of sources including college archives and the Public Record Office, Rogers documents the fluctuating prices of commodities such as livestock, wheat, hay, wool, textiles and labour in a time of great economic change, when the growing economy of the early middle ages was shaken by famine and the Black Death, and then gradually recovered towards the Agrarian Revolution. First published in 1887, Volume 5 uses the data supplied in Volume 6 to discuss the period from 1583 to 1702, exploring the costs of traditional agricultural products as well as fuel and building materials, transport, tenant farms, and changes in wages.

ISBN: 9781108036559

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 49mm

Weight: 1090g

874 pages