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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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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 6 (from 1887) presents in tabular form data from 1583 to 1702, showing the prices of a range of products in towns and cities across the country.Since early times, agriculture has been pivotal to England's economy. This is the sixth 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 6 presents in tabular form the data from 1583 to 1702, showing the prices of a range of products in towns and cities across the country, which are discussed in essays in Volume 5.

ISBN: 9781108036566

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 45mm

Weight: 990g

794 pages