Land and Family [Elektronisk resurs] Trends and Local Variations in the Peasant Land Market on the Winchester Bishopric Estates, 1263-1415.

• Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; General Editor's preface; Preface; Frontispiece The estate of the bishopric of Winchester, c.1410; Chapter 1 The peasant land market and the Winchester pipe rolls by P.D.A. Harvey; Chapter 2 The bishop's estate; Chapter 3 Units of property; Chapter 4 Tenures; Chapter 5 Entry fines; Chapter 6 Families and their land; Chapter 7 Transfers within families; Chapter 8 Buyers and sellers; Chapter 9 Accumulation; Chapter 10 Conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index. 

• With a special emphasis on the exchange of land between medieval servile tenants-especially from the 13th century onward-this scholarly examination of the peasant land market of the Middle Ages explores the identification of peasant families with particular lands to which they had a hereditary right. Using this theme to explore village life and showing how peasants were affected by the changes over time and place, this study employs primary source material from the Winchester estates. Analyzing thousands of land exchanges and interactions from more than 50 different manors on Winchester, this 

Ämnesord

Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500. 

England, Southern -- Economic conditions -- 1066-1485. 

England, Southern -- History, Local -- Case studies. 

Farms, Small -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500. 

Land tenure -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500. 

Peasants -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500. 

Real estate business -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500. 

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HD1339.G7 M85 2005 (LCC)

333.332209422 (DDC)