Landholding and Land Transfer in the North Sea Area (Late Middle Ages - 19th Century) (Paperback)

For a better understanding of medieval and early modern rural society, in which land was the principal source of income and investment, as well as a most prestigious object of possession and a solid base of power, historical questions on landholding and land transfers are highly relevant. This volume aims to clarify some long-standing issues concerning the large variety of land tenure and non-familial transfers of land in the North Sea area by treating them from a regional - if possible comparative - perspective and by linking them to such structural features of preindustrial rural society as shifts in land to labour ratio's; social property relations; commercialisation and the rise of land, leasehold, and credit markets; the growth of state intervention and the institutional innovation that followed in its wake; the sustained prevalence of local or regional customary law; and the effects of social and cultural values on the demand for land. From viewing the later medieval and early modern period as a whole, one has to conclude that the mobility of agricultural land markedly increased. This was due first and foremost to the establishment of clear-cut private property rights, to the expansion of land and credit markets, and to the spread of short-term leasing. Differences in the pace of capitalist development as well as of state formation were mainly responsible for outspoken regional differences.

General

Imprint:	Brepols N.V.
Country of origin:	Belgium
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	October 2004
Editors:	Peter Hoppenbrouwers • Bas van Bavel
Dimensions:	237 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	292
ISBN-13:	978-2-503-51097-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Property & real estate Books > Money & Finance > Property & real estate
LSN:	2-503-51097-3
Barcode:	9782503510972

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