The World of the Small Farmer Tenure, Profit and Politics in the Early-Modern Somerset Levels |
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Author:
| Croot, Patricia |
Series title: | Studies in Regional and Local History Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-909291-86-7 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2017 |
Publisher: | University of Hertfordshire Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $79.95 |
Book Description:
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This detailed and original study of early-modern agrarian society in the Somerset Levels examines the small landholders in a group of sixteen contiguous parishes in the area known as Brent Marsh. These were farmers with lifehold tenures and a mixed agricultural production whose activities and outlook are shown to be very different from that of the small 'peasant' farmers of so many general histories. Patricia Croot challenges the idea that small farmers failed to contribute to the...
More DescriptionThis detailed and original study of early-modern agrarian society in the Somerset Levels examines the small landholders in a group of sixteen contiguous parishes in the area known as Brent Marsh. These were farmers with lifehold tenures and a mixed agricultural production whose activities and outlook are shown to be very different from that of the small 'peasant' farmers of so many general histories. Patricia Croot challenges the idea that small farmers failed to contribute to the productivity and commercialization of the early-modern economy.