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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790786303321

Autore

Mullan John

Titolo

Land and Family [[electronic resource] ] : Trends and Local Variations in the Peasant Land Market on the Winchester Bishopric Estates, 1263-1415

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University Of Hertfordshire Press, 2010

ISBN

1-905313-94-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Studies in Regional and Local History ; ; v.8

Altri autori (Persone)

BritnellRichard

Disciplina

333.332209422

Soggetti

Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500

England, Southern -- Economic conditions -- 1066-1485

England, Southern -- History, Local -- Case studies

Farms, Small -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500

Land tenure -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500

Peasants -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500

Real estate business -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500

Land tenure - History - To 1500 - England, Southern

Real estate business - History - To 1500 - England, Southern

Farms, Small - History - To 1500 - England, Southern

Peasants - History - To 1500 - England, Southern

Agriculture - Economic aspects - History - To 1500 - England, Southern

Real Estate, Housing & Land Use

Business & Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; General Editor's preface; Preface; Frontispiece The estate of the bishopric of Winchester, c.1410; Chapter 1 The peasant land market and the Winchester pipe rolls by P.D.A. Harvey; Chapter 2 The bishop's estate; Chapter 3 Units of property; Chapter 4 Tenures; Chapter 5 Entry fines; Chapter 6 Families and their land; Chapter 7 Transfers within families;



Chapter 8 Buyers and sellers; Chapter 9 Accumulation; Chapter 10 Conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

With a special emphasis on the exchange of land between medieval servile tenants?especially from the 13th century onward?this scholarly examination of the peasant land market of the Middle Ages explores the identification of peasant families with particular lands to which they had a hereditary right. Using this theme to explore village life and showing how peasants were affected by the changes over time and place, this study employs primary source material from the Winchester estates. Analyzing thousands of land exchanges and interactions from more than 50 different manors on Winchester, this