Medieval Farming and Technology / / Grenville G. Astill.

• Superior document: Technology and Change in History Series ; v.1
• VerfasserIn: Astill, Grenville G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : BRILL,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Technology and Change in History Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 321 pages)

"The volume integrates material derived from the great advances made in medieval archaeology and the historical study of landscapes during the past 30 years and has a supranational character. It will be of interest to all those working on the social, economic and political history of northwest Europe in the medieval and early modern periods as well as to those undertaking research in the specific field of the history of technology."--Jacket.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Technology and agricultural expansion in the middle ages: the example of France north of the Loire -- 3. The development of farming implements between the Seine and the Rhine from the second to the twelfth centuries -- 4. The birth of "the Flemish husbandry": agricultural technology in medieval Flanders -- 5. Agricultural production and technology in the Netherlands, c. 1000-1500 -- 6. Agricultural technology in medieval Denmark -- 7. The agricultural transformation of Sweden, 1000-1300 -- 8. Fields and field systems in Scandinavia during the middle ages -- 9. An archaeological approach to the development of agricultural technologies in medieval England -- 10. Economic rent and the intensification of English agriculture, 1086-1350 -- 11. Agricultural technology in southeast England, 1348-1530 -- 12. Was England a technological backwater in the middle ages? -- 13. Medieval farming and technology: conclusion -- Index.