A Short History of English Rural Life: From the Anglo-Saxon Invasion to the Present Time (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Montague Fordham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0331810433 ISBN 13: 9780331810431

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2017

Synopsis

How English farms, laws, and village life shaped a nation—from the Anglo-Saxon era to today.

This book traces the slow shift from medieval fields to modern farming, showing how rents, landholding, and parish life changed together with laws and markets. It blends economic detail with social history to reveal the everyday world of peasants, yeomen, and landowners over the centuries.

• How rents and landholding patterns rose and fell and what those changes meant for farmers and landlords.
• How parishes, roads, and the parish overseers shaped village governance and the daily chores of rural life.
• The rise and impact of poor laws, workhouses, and the treatment of paupers on countryside communities.
• Roles of gilds, monasteries, roads, enclosures, and the shifting balance between church and village life.

Ideal for readers of social and economic history who want a clear view of England’s rural world across centuries.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0331810433
• ISBN 13: 9780331810431
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 204