Rural society and economic change in County Durham : recession and recovery, c.1400-1640 /

In the middle of the fifteenth century, the economy of north-east England was beset by crises: population was low, production was stagnant and many landowners faced penury. By the end of the sixteenth century, however, the precocious development of the coal industry and high levels of inflation prov...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, A. T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2015.
Temas:
Recessions > England > Durham (County) > History.
Récessions > Angleterre > Durham (Comté) > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
Recessions.
Economic history.
Durham (England : County) > Economic conditions > History.
Durham (Angleterre : Comté) > Conditions économiques.
England > Durham (County)
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ecclesiastical responses to the fifteenth-century recession
  • Path dependency on the eclesiastical estates in the sixteenth century
  • The great lay landowners
  • The fortunes of the gentry
  • The influx of 'new' wealth
  • The rise of the church leaseholder
  • Diverging experiences: yeomen and smallholders.

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