A Hertfordshire demesne of Westminster Abbey
Subtitle: profits, productivity and weather
By: Derek Vincent Stern ; edited and with an introduction by Christopher Thornton.
Contributors: Thornton, Christopher.
Series: Studies in regional and local history ;; v. 1
Publisher: University of Hertfordshire Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Hatfield
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- England -- Hertfordshire -- History.; Agricultural productivity -- England -- Hertfordshire -- History.; Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485.; Hertfordshire (Eng.) -- Climate -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I; title: I; title: Part 1 Method of analysis; title: Chapter 1 The manorial account as an agricultural record; title: The historiographical position; title: Concentration upon a single demesne; title: The importance of covering every aspect of husbandry; title: Interpretation of the evidence; title: Agronomic considerations; title: Productivity and agricultural practice; title: The controlling power of the environment; title: Assessing the demesne's performance; title: Chapter 2 The manorial account as a source of weather evidence; title: Documentary evidence for past weather; title: Other sources of evidence; title: Establishing a weather chronology; title: The meteorological requirements of medieval farmin; title: and viniculture; title: Meteorological clues in manorial accounts; title: Scientific relevance of past weather; title: Significance to the historian; title: Chapter 3 The manorial account as a record of financial profit; title: The need for a comprehensive approach; title: Inherent difficulties; title: Diagnosing the most salient features of the demesne's economy; title: Part 2 The manor of Kinsbourne; title: Chapter 4 General background; title: The Hertfordshire manors; title: Wheathampstead and Kinsbourne; title: Chapter 5 The demesne from 1273 to 1397; title: Source material; title: Administration and labour force; title: Topography and toponymy; title: Part 3 Productivity and weather evidence; title: Chapter 6 Arable productivity; title: Chapter 7 Livestock productivity; title: Chapter 8 Weather references and 'proxy data'; title: Part 4 Profit; title: Chapter 9 Definitions; title: Definition of 'profit'; title: Definition of 'income'; title: Definition of 'expenses'; title: Chapter 10 Arable profits; title: Garden and woods; title: Arable husbandry; title: Profit trends; title: The connection between prices and yields; title: Annual profits; title: Chapter 11 Livestock profits; title: Shift towards livestock husbandry; title: Breakdown of livestock 'income'; title: Explanation of trends; title: Chapter 12 Profitability before and after 1397; title: Chapter 13 Conclusion Appendices; title: Appendix 1 Ploughing dates, seed yields and sowing rates; title: Appendix 2 Mortality rates for sheep and lambs; title: Appendix 3 Net profits from arable and livestock husbandry; title: Bibliography; title: Primary sources; title: Secondary sources; title: Index.