Peasants and Lords in the Medieval English Economy: Essays in Honour of Bruce M. S. Campbell

by Maryanne Kowaleski (Editor), John Langdon (Editor), Phillipp R Schofield (Editor)

Overview

Professor Bruce Campbell's career has been devoted to providing systematic and highly influential studies of the medieval economy and society of the British Isles, including his innovative work on the role of the elites in defining medieval agricultural practices. This volume draws together essays from a distinguished group of researchers who have been inspired by Campbell's work and the spirit of collegiality and inclusiveness that he has always demonstrated, and who wish to celebrate his significant contributions to scholarship. Many of the essays collected here engage directly with critical issues raised in Professor Campbell's own research: how medieval society fed itself with reputedly very low levels of technology, the productivity of medieval society as a whole, the impact of external forces (particularly climate), the relationship between lords and peasants, and the importance of non-seigniorial contributions to the medieval economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782503551562
Publisher:	Brepols Publishers
Publication date:	12/31/2015
Series:	Medieval Countryside Series , #16
Pages:	435
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Maryanne Kowaleski, John Langdon, and Phillipp R. Schofield, Introduction Part I: Lords, Peasants, and Agricultural Performance Philip Slavin, Peasant Livestock Husbandry in Late Thirteenth-Century Suffolk: Economy, Environment, and Society - Jane Whittle, The Food Economy of Lords, Tenants and Workers in a Medieval Village: Hunstanton, Norfolk, 1328-48 - John Langdon, Bare Ruined Farms? Extents for Debt as a Source for Landlord versus Non-Landlord Agricultural Performance in Fourteenth-Century England - Christopher Dyer, Peasant Farming in Late Medieval England: Evidence from Tithe Estimations by Worcester Cathedral Priory Part II: Lords and Villeins John Hatcher, Lordship and Villeinage before the Black Death: From Karl Marx to the Marxists and Back Again - Mark Bailey, The Myth of the 'Seigniorial Reaction' in England after the Black Death - Steve Rigby, Justifying Inequality: Peasants in Medieval Ideology Part III: Peasants, Lords and Markets Phillipp R. Schofield, Lordship and the Early History of Peasant Land Transfer on the Estates of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds - Richard Britnell+, Making or Buying? Maintaining Farm Equipment and Buildings, 1250-1350 - Chris Briggs, Peasants, Lords, and Commerce: Market Regulation at Balsham, Cambridgeshire, in the Early Fourteenth Century - James Davis, A Reassessment of Village Markets in Late Medieval England Part IV: Peasants, Poverty, and the Environment Judith M. Bennett, Women and Poverty: Girls on Their Own in England before 1348 - Marilyn Livingstone, A Snapshot in Time: The Weather as Seen in the Record of the Nonae (1339-41) - Maryanne Kowaleski, Peasants and the Sea in Medieval England - Richard Smith, Dearth and Local Political Responses: 1280-1325 and 1580-96/7 Compared Publications of Bruce M. S. Campbell

Editorial Reviews

"Bruce Campbell has long been a leading figure in the field of medieval social and economic history, known both for the quality of his scholarship and his boundless energy as a conference organizer and mentor of other scholars. This collection of essays is a fitting tribute to his special place in the field, bringing together a stellar group of historians whose work has been deeply influenced by Campbell's groundbreaking studies of medieval society." —James Masschaele, Rutgers University, The Medieval Review 16.11.10

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