This book deals with the techniques and technology of agriculture in Europe in the period from 600 A.D. down to the 17th century. It focuses on Scandinavia, the British Isles, Northern Germany, the Low Countries and Northern France. The volume discusses methodological approaches and their limitations, the development of medieval agriculture in terms of the transmission of technological ideas, improvements in productivity, regional variations, social responses to agricultural technology, and those common trends that unite ...
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This book deals with the techniques and technology of agriculture in Europe in the period from 600 A.D. down to the 17th century. It focuses on Scandinavia, the British Isles, Northern Germany, the Low Countries and Northern France. The volume discusses methodological approaches and their limitations, the development of medieval agriculture in terms of the transmission of technological ideas, improvements in productivity, regional variations, social responses to agricultural technology, and those common trends that unite the Northwest European region.
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