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Author : John Langdon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 052152508X
An account of the introduction of the horse as a replacement for oxen in English farming.
Author : Bruce M.S. Campbell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000941630
Until recently, historians tended to stress the perceived technological and ecological shortcomings of medieval agriculture. The ten essays assembled in this volume offer a contrary view. Based upon close documentary analysis of the demesne farms managed for and by lords, they show that, by 1300, in the most commercialized parts of England, production decisions were based upon relative factor costs and commodity prices. Moreover, when and where economic conditions were ripe and environmental and institutional circumstances favourable, medieval cultivators successfully secured high and ecologically sustainable levels of land productivity. They achieved this by integrating crop and livestock production into the sort of manure-intensive systems of mixed-husbandry which later underpinned the more celebrated output growth of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. If medieval agriculture failed to fulfill the production potential provided by wider adoption of such systems, this is more appropriately explained by the want of the kind of market incentives that might have justified investment, innovation, and specialization on the scale that characterized the so-called 'agricultural revolution', than either the lack of appropriate agricultural technology or the innate 'backwardness' of medieval cultivators.
Author : Robert Fox
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Technological innovations
ISBN : 9783718657926
Technological Change gathers together examples of the best current thinking on methodology and the theoretical perspectives that are increasingly of concern to historians of technology, whilst at the same time presenting other papers which reflect the 'state of the art' in key areas of historical debate. The volume emphasises the need both to establish a common forum for theoretical and empirical research and also to delineate the shared concerns of these two treatments, which are too often reflected as conflicting rather than mutually supportive approaches to the writing of the history of technology.
Author : T. H. Aston,Trevor Henry Aston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0521031273
The articles in this book, reprinted from the journal Past and Present, are all, in different ways, concerned with the ownership of landed property in medieval England and with those who worked the land. Problems debated include those concerning the keeping intact of the great estates of the Anglo-Norman barons in the face of both inheritance claims and of political manipulation by the crown. Other articles show that the difficulties of knights and lesser gentry were no less complex, as social shifts resulted from economic developments as well as from their military role and their relationships with their overlords. The essays are of as much importance for those interested in the history of politics as to those concerned with the economy and society of medieval England.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004466500
The horse was the essential animal for the medieval world: means of transport, a vehicle of social status and a cherished companion. This volume explores the ways in which horses shaped medieval societies.
Author : John Aberth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415779456
The Middle Ages was a critical and formative time for Western approaches to our natural surroundings. An Environmental History of the Middle Ages is a unique and unprecedented cultural survey of attitudes towards the environment during this period. Exploring the entire medieval period from 500 to 1500, and ranging across the whole of Europe, from England and Spain to the Baltic and Eastern Europe, John Aberth focuses his study on three key areas: the natural elements of air, water, and earth; the forest; and wild and domestic animals. Through this multi-faceted lens, An Environmental History of the Middle Ages sheds fascinating new light on the medieval environmental mindset. It will be essential reading for students, scholars and all those interested in the Middle Ages
Author : Peter Edwards
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521520088
A study of the flourishing market for horses in pre-industrial England.
Author : Graham Hollister-Short,Frank James
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350018617
The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations of technology to other aspects of life -- social, cultural and economic -- and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
Author : Anastasija Ropa
Publisher : Trivent Publishing
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9786158122252
The figure of a knight on horseback is the emblem of medieval chivalry. Much has been written on the ideology and practicalities of knighthood as portrayed in medieval romance, especially Arthurian romance, and it is surprising that so little attention was hitherto granted to the knight's closest companion, the horse. This study examines the horse as a social indicator, as the knight's animal alter ego in his spiritual peregrinations and earthly adventures, the ups and downs of chivalric adventure, as well as the relations between the lady and her palfrey in romance. Both medieval authors and their audiences knew more about the symbolism and practice of horsemanship than most readers do today. By providing the background to the descriptions of horses and horsemanship in Arthurian romance, this study deepens the readers' appreciation of these texts. At the same time, critical reading of romance supplies information about the ideology and daily practice of horsemanship in the Middle Ages that is otherwise impossible to obtain from other sources, be it archaeology, chronicles or administrative documentation.
Author : Bruce M.S. Campbell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000944433
The later Middle Ages was an overwhelmingly rural world, with probably three out of four households reliant upon farming for a living. Yet conventional accounts of the period rarely do justice to the variety of ways in which the land was managed and worked. The thirteen essays collected in this volume draw upon the abundant documentary evidence of the period to explore that diversity. In the process they engage with the issue of classification - without which effective generalisation is impossible - and offer a series of solutions to that particularly thorny methodological challenge. Only through systematic and objective classification is it possible to differentiate between and map different field systems, husbandry types, and land-use categories. That, in turn, makes it possible to consider and evaluate the relative roles of soils and topography, institutional structures, and commercialised market demand in shaping farm enterprise both during the period of mounting population before the Black Death and the long era of demographic decline that followed it. What emerges is an agrarian world more commercialised, differentiated, and complex than is usually appreciated, whose institutional and agronomic contours shaped the course of agricultural development for centuries to come.
Author : Anastasija Ropa,Timothy Dawson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501514012
This volume provides a unique introduction to the most topical issues, advances, and challenges in medieval horse history. Medievalists who have a long-standing interest in horse history, as well as those seeking to widen their understanding of horses in medieval society will find here informed and comprehensive treatment of chapters from disciplines as diverse as archaeology, legal, economic and military history, urban and rural history, art and literature. The themes range from case studies of saddles and bridles, to hippiatric treatises, to the medieval origins of dressage literary studies. It shows the ubiquitous – and often ambiguous – role of the horse in medieval culture, where it was simultaneously a treasured animal and a means of transport, a military machine and a loyal companion. The contributors, many of whom have practical knowledge of horses, are drawn from established and budding scholars working in their areas of expertise.
Author : Drew Conroy
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781612128009
Versatile as well as powerful, oxen can plow fields, haul stones, assist in logging, and improve roads. This comprehensive guide covers all aspects of selecting, training, feeding, and caring for your oxen. You’ll learn how to fit yokes and bows, address common challenges, and maintain your team’s overall health. Whether you’re looking for an economical alternative to heavy machinery on the farm or want to compete at the next county fair, Drew Conroy will help you achieve success with your oxen.
Author : Rena Maguire,Anastasija Ropa
Publisher : Trivent Publishing
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9786158182164
The historical horse is at once material and abstract, as is the notion of the border. Borders and frontiers are not only markers delineating geographical spaces but also mental constructs: there are borders between order and disorder, between what is permitted and what is prohibited. Boundaries and liminal spaces also exist in the material, economic, political, moral, legal and religious spheres. In this volume, the contributing authors explore the theme of the liminality of the horse in all of these historical arenas, asking how does one reconcile the very different roles played by the horse in human history?
Author : Stephan R. Epstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003-11-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521525071
Late medeival Sicily is shown to have been neither underdeveloped nor dependent on foreign trade.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 142237274X
