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Medieval Farming and Technology
The Impact of Agricultural Change in Northwest Europe
Series: - Technology and Change in History, Volume: 1
This is the first of three planned volumes which deal with the techniques and technology of agriculture in Europe in the period from 600 A.D. down to the 17th century. The focus of this first volume is Scandinavia, the British Isles, Northern Germany, the Low Countries and Northern France. The volume discusses methodological approaches and their limitations, the development of medieval agriculture in terms of the transmission of technological ideas, improvements in productivity, regional variations, social responses to agricultural technology, and those common trends that unite the Northwest European region.
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.
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.
Grenville Astill is reader in Archaeology at the University of Reading, UK. He is the author of books and articles on the development of the medieval town, countryside and technology. He has carried out extensive fieldwork in both France and England, including a long-term archaeological research programme on a medieval monastery in the English Midlands.
John Langdon is Professor of Medieval British History at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has written a book, Horses, Oxen and Technological Innovation (1986) plus numerous articles, appearing in such journals as Past and Present, Economic History Review and the Journal of Historical Geography.
John Langdon is Professor of Medieval British History at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has written a book, Horses, Oxen and Technological Innovation (1986) plus numerous articles, appearing in such journals as Past and Present, Economic History Review and the Journal of Historical Geography.
'...an important book...'
Constance H. Berman, The Medieval Review, 2001.
Constance H. Berman, The Medieval Review, 2001.
G. Astill, J. Langdon and L. Myrdal: Introduction
J. Myrdal: The Agrarian Transformation of Sweden, 1000-1300 AD
M. Widgren: Fields and Field Systems in Scandinavia in the Middle Ages
B. Poulsen: Agricultural Technology in Medieval Denmark and Northern Germany
P. Hoppenbrouwers: Agrarian Technology in the Medieval Netherlands
E. Thoen: Agricultural Technology in Medieval Flanders; A Survey of Recent Research
G. Raepsaet: The Mechanical Conquest of Farming Tools between the Seine and the Rhine from the Second to the Twelfth Centuries
G. Comet: Agrarian Technology in Northern France in the Middle Ages
G. Astill: A Review of Technological Change in Medieval English Agriculture
J. Langdon: Was England a Technological Backwater in the Middle Ages?
B. Campbell: Economic Rent and the Intensification of English Agriculture, 1086-1350
M. Mate: Agrarian Technology in South-East England in the Later Middle Ages
C. Dyer: Conclusion
J. Myrdal: The Agrarian Transformation of Sweden, 1000-1300 AD
M. Widgren: Fields and Field Systems in Scandinavia in the Middle Ages
B. Poulsen: Agricultural Technology in Medieval Denmark and Northern Germany
P. Hoppenbrouwers: Agrarian Technology in the Medieval Netherlands
E. Thoen: Agricultural Technology in Medieval Flanders; A Survey of Recent Research
G. Raepsaet: The Mechanical Conquest of Farming Tools between the Seine and the Rhine from the Second to the Twelfth Centuries
G. Comet: Agrarian Technology in Northern France in the Middle Ages
G. Astill: A Review of Technological Change in Medieval English Agriculture
J. Langdon: Was England a Technological Backwater in the Middle Ages?
B. Campbell: Economic Rent and the Intensification of English Agriculture, 1086-1350
M. Mate: Agrarian Technology in South-East England in the Later Middle Ages
C. Dyer: Conclusion
Scholars, graduate students and to non-specialist scholars the current state of knowledge in the history of farming and technology in the Middle Ages.