A History of Agriculture and Prices in England

Since early times, agriculture has been pivotal to England's economy. This is the first in a magisterial seven-volume, eight-piece compilation by the economist James E. Thorold Rogers (1823-90), which represents the most complete record of produce costs in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. Drawing on a variety of sources including college archives and the Public Record Office, Rogers documents the fluctuating prices of commodities such as livestock, wheat, hay, wool, textiles and labour in a time of great economic change, when the growing economy of the early middle ages was shaken by famine and the Black Death, and then gradually recovered towards the Agrarian Revolution. First published in 1866, this volume explores the period from 1259 to 1400. The factual information provided in Volume 2 is analysed in a series of essays focusing on farming methods, international trading, taxes, currency, and the financial consequences of the plague.

Preface
Introductory
Medieval agriculture
Rate of production in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
Social distinctions, and the general distribution of wealth
Social and domestic economy
Medieval justice and courts
Journeys and markets
Foreign trade and commercial routes
Taxes and contributions
Weights and measures
Currency
Averages of prices
On the price of grain
Fodder and hay
On the price of labour
The price of live stock
The price of wool
On the prices of farm produce
On the price of materials employed in agricultural economy
On the price of building materials
Agricultural implements, tools, and furniture
On the price of textile fabrics and clothing
On the price of metals
On the price of fish
On the price of foreign produce
Sundry articles
On the cost of carriage
On the profits of agriculture before and after the plague
On the purchasing power of wages
Index
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