Peasants and landlords in later medieval England

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Peasants and landlords in later medieval England

E.B. Fryde

Sutton Publishing, 1999, c1996

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"Paperback edition first published in 1999 by Sutton Publishing Limited"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-352) and indexes

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Through the use of much unpublished material, this book offers a balanced assessment of the realities of life in rural England during the later Middle Ages, based as much on the perspective of the peasants themselves as that of their landlords. The Great Revolt of 1381 provides a dramatic glimpse of peasant grievances and the obvious peasant discontent which was its cause helps to explain many of the changes forced upon landlords during the ensuing 120 years. During the period 1380-1450 most English landlords began to lease their properties and lost interest in rigorously controlling their servile peasantry. As a result serfdom gradually disappeared. Peasant migration ceased to be restricted by landlords and there was an unprecedented amount of settlement redistribution as peasants tried to move to more promising areas. Alongside discussions of population movements, including the controversial subjects of village desertion and the spread of enclosure, much evidence is given of peasant poverty and continuous unrest. Combining a wealth of detail with a strongly argued narrative, this volume offers an account of the nature, development and demise of English serfdom.

目次

  • Social and economic background to the Great Revolt of 1381, I - serfdom and the economic condition of servile peasants
  • social and economic background to the Great Revolt of 1381, II: 1349-1381
  • the West Midlands before the peasants' revolt - the estates of the Bishops of Worcester and of Coventry and Lichfield
  • some examples of the early leasing of demesnes
  • sheep and wool of the Cotswolds
  • sheep and wool of Central and Western counties of Southern England
  • after the peasants' revolt - general trends, c.1381-c.1430
  • the estates of the Bishops of Worcester, c.1395-1436
  • crisis - economic depression, c.1430-c.1470
  • a case study of the depression of the mid-15th century - the estates of the Bishops of Worcester, 1436-76
  • deopulation and evictions - the Midlands, c.1440-c.1520
  • South-Western and South-Central Shires - a region of conservation and oppressive lordships
  • some evidence of the effects of warfare on particular regions or estates
  • legal aspects of tenurial changes
  • oppression and injustice on the estates of some major lay landlords
  • towards economic revival, c.1470-c.1525.

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