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Peasants and Production in the Medieval North-East - The Evidence from Tithes, 1270-1536 (Hardcover, New)
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Peasants and Production in the Medieval North-East - The Evidence from Tithes, 1270-1536 (Hardcover, New)
Series: Regions and Regionalism in History
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Evidence from unused sources sheds much light on the peasant
economy of the later middle ages. The peasant economy in north-east
England, and indeed throughout the country as a whole, underwent
many changes during the later Middle Ages, but owing to the lack of
evidence it has been difficult to come to definite conclusions.This
pioneering survey uses previously unexploited sources, principally
from tithe data, to offer new interpretations of the patterns for
change and the scope for adaptability. The author argues that the
peasant economy in this region of England was profoundly affected
by war in the early fourteenth century and then disease with the
arrival of the Black Death in 1349, calling into question the
orthodox theories of overpopulation in explaining the "crisis"of
the late Middle Ages: even at its medieval peak, the population of
northeast England was sparse by comparison with areas further
south. Nor did the availability of land and improved living
standards lead to demographic recovery in the fifteenth and early
sixteenth centuries. He also shows that despite their vulnerability
to crises, peasant cultivators were highly responsive to change.
Far from being primitive subsistence farmers oblivious to the
marketand its signals, medieval peasants in the Durham region were
subtle and successful decision-makers regarding the production and
marketing of their output. BEN DODDS is Lecturer in History at the
University of Tallahassee.
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