The Development of Leasehold in Northwestern Europe, c. 1200-1600: 10 (Comparative Rural History of the North Sea Area) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2503522548 ISBN 13: 9782503522548

Publisher: Brepols N.V., 2009

Synopsis

In the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, the exploitation of landownership underwent drastic changes in various parts of Northwestern Europe. In these changes, the emergence of the lease plays a pivotal role. At the end of the Middle Ages, in a number of areas within the North Sea area, the greater part of available land was held at lease for relatively short terms. The competitive and contractual nature of such leasing has caused many to associate it with the emergence of capitalism in the countryside, seeing its rise as a key element in the transformation of the rural economy and society in the last millennium. In view of this, it is surprising that the emergence of leasing has received little systematic attention, particularly where its roots, its early development, its exact arrangements and the social and economic context of its emergence are concerned, let alone the regional and chronological differences in these elements. This volume aims to make a first step in exploring these issues. Bas van Bavel is professor of Economic and Social History of the Middle Ages at Utrecht University, the Netherlands Phillipp (P.R.) Schofield is professor of Medieval History, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

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Phillip Schofield is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Aberystwyth where he teaches on medieval social, economic and political history. He specialises on research into the English medieval rural economy and society, with particular interests in the Black Death in medieval England, community and identity in the Middle Ages, and the reign of Edward II.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols N.V.
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503522548
• ISBN 13: 9782503522548
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 213
• Editor: Schofield Phillipp, Van Bavel Bas