Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction; 1. Interpreting Medieval Agriculture; 2. The Bishop of Ely and his Manor of Wisbech; Part II: The Management of Resources at Wisbech Barton; 3. From Agrarian Crisis to the Black Death; 4. The 'Indian Summer' for Demesne Farming; 5. Responding to Pressure at the Turn of the Fifteenth Century; 6. The Last Phase of Direct Cultivation; Part III: Farm Management in Medieval England; 7. Standards of Demesne Farm Management in England; 8. The Use of Agricultural Techniques in Medieval England
David Stone uses contemporary sources to reconstruct the world of the medieval farmer, and argues against the traditional interpretation of the Middle Ages as economically backward
Notes
Revised and expanded version of author's Ph. D. thesis
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293)
