Article ID: CBB001201090

Demesne and Tithe: Peasant Agriculture in the Late Middle Ages (2008)

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The peasant sector of the agricultural economy is much less well documented than the seigneurial sector in the late middle ages. This paper is an attempt to use tithe data to shed light on cropping patterns outside manorial demesnes in six parishes in south-east England. Tithe receipts are compared with output from demesnes and the similarity of cropping in the two sectors is revealed. Peasant cultivators were clearly able to adopt intensive cropping regimes in response to various incentives like their seigneurial counterparts. Tithe data are found to be a problematic source since they reflect aggregate output levels. The impact of this difficulty on the conclusions is discussed and differences between large and small peasant holdings are suggested.

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Authors & Contributors
Güldner, Dino
Josh England
Economos, Jeannie
Slongwhite, Dale Finley
Jeng, Alieu
Swindell, Ken
Concepts
Farmers
Agriculture
Economic botany; plant cultivation; horticulture
Farms
Economics
Science and culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Early modern
20th century, early
18th century
Medieval
Places
England
Europe
United States
West Africa
Japan
China
Institutions
Bureau of Plant Industry (United States)
United States. Office of Indian Affairs
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