A Prospering Society

Wiltshire in the Later Middle Ages

John Hare

• Publisher: University Of Hertfordshire Press
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9781902806846
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781907396601
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

Based on a case study of a particular countryside and town in southern England—namely, the county of Wiltshire and the city of Salisbury—this record seeks to explore the changing nature of English society during the period from 1380 to 1520. It examines the influence of landscape and population on the agriculture of Wiltshire, the regional patterns of arable and pastoral farming, and the growing contrast between the large-scale mixed farming of the chalklands and the family farms of the claylands. Discussing how economic growth generated problems of its own, this study is the first to fully investigate Wiltshire's agriculture history during the late Middle Ages, a period recognized as one of considerable change.

Table of contents

• Previous titles in this series
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Publication grant
• Table of Contents
• Table of Figures
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgements
• Studies in Regional and Local History - General Editor’s preface
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 - The county and beyond
• Chapter 2 - Regions and people
• Chapter 3 - Landlords and estates
• Chapter 4 - Agriculture before the Black Death
• Chapter 5 - Agriculture c. 1380–c. 1440
• Chapter 6 - The leasing of the demesnes
• Chapter 7 - The demesne lessees
• Chapter 8 - Tenant mobility and the decline of serfdom
• Chapter 9 - The land market and the village economy
• Chapter 10 - Towns and trade
• Chapter 11 - The growth of the cloth industry
• Chapter 12 - Growth and recession: a chronology
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index