Tithe and Agrarian History from the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Century An Essay in Comparative History

Name: Tithe and Agrarian History from the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Century An Essay in Comparative History
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ISBN: 9780521090780

ISBN-10: 0521090784

ISBN-13: 9780521090780

Edition: 2008

Authors: Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Joseph Goy

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The tithe is a levy characteristic of the agarian ancien regime, and is of great interest to historians of traditional societies such as pre-1789 France and other countries of Europe and Latin America until the beginning of the nineteenth century. Measured and recorded from year to year, the tithe forms an indicator which, albeit very approximate, is nevertheless extremely valuable in revealing the trends in agricultural production (grain, wine, stockbreeding ,etc.) over periods of years, decades or centuries. The book is in two parts. The first, by Joseph Goy, deals with theoretical questions and the methods used for research on the tithe and other associated dues. The second part, by…

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List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/27/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 220
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English




Methodology



The tithe: an old source for new research Appendix: List of contributions to the 1977 Paris conference in preparation for the Seventh International Economic History Congress



The tithe in France and elsewhere



Methodology



Towards another kind of history of the tithe, production and productivity



Comparative study of trends



The end of the Middle Ages: the work of Guy Bois and Hugues Neveux



The recovery of the sixteenth century



The seventeenth century: general crisis or stabilization?



The eighteenth century: economic take-off?