Land, Lease and Agriculture: The Transition of the Rural Economy in the Dutch River Area from the Fourteenth to the Sixteenth Century

Late medieval and early modern Western Europe experienced strongly divergent trends in rural economic development. Some areas underwent a rapid transformation towards agrarian capitalism, while other regions were characterized by the fragmentation of farms and other damaging effects. Van Bavel discu...

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Published in:Past & present 2001-08 (172), p.3-43
Main Author: VAN BAVEL, Bas J. P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural economics
Agricultural land
Crops
Economic development
Economics
Ethnology
Europa
Family farms
Land leases
Land use
Leases
Middle Ages
Middle East
Morphological source materials
Peasant class
Rural economics
Tenants
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Summary:Late medieval and early modern Western Europe experienced strongly divergent trends in rural economic development. Some areas underwent a rapid transformation towards agrarian capitalism, while other regions were characterized by the fragmentation of farms and other damaging effects. Van Bavel discusses the economy of medieval agriculture in the Dutch River area.
ISSN:0031-2746
1477-464X