Rural Economy and Society in the Duchy of Cornwall 1300–1500 - Hardcover

Hatcher, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521076609 ISBN 13: 9780521076609

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1970

Synopsis

This study is centred on the Cornish manorial estates of the Duchy of Cornwall in the later Middle Ages, and has been compiled from a very full and hitherto neglected series of records, the completeness of which is perhaps unique for a lay estate. Most aspects of the history of the estates have been recorded and those which differed from other regions of England have been stressed. In order to place the Duchy estates within their regional context Dr Hatcher has studied a wide range of documents and produced a mass of new evidence concerning tin-mining, fishing, trade, towns and local industry in Cornwall and Devon. He shows, for example, that agricultural prosperity in later medieval Cornwall followed an exceptional course, and was determined by a series of interconnected changes within the regional economy, with a much less direct and immediate causal link than is commonly assumed between declining population after 1349 and agricultural recession. The intimate connexions between agriculture. and industry and commerce are additionally emphasized by the manifold business interests of leading Duchy tenants.

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Book Description

This study is centred on the Cornish manorial estates of the Duchy of Cornwall in the later Middle Ages, and has been compiled from a very full and hitherto neglected series of records, the completeness of which is perhaps unique for a lay estate. Most aspects of the history of the estates have been recorded and those which differed from other regions of England have been stressed.

About the Author

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David Hatcher (Winston-Salem, NC) has taught communication skills for three universities and more than twenty government and private-industry clients. He has written and cowritten several books, workbooks, and other training materials on writing, vocabulary, proofreading, editing, and related subjects.

Jane Mallison (New York, NY) teaches at Trinity School in New York, where she was head of the English Department for more than twenty years. She contributed to the writing section of the SAT test and continues to work with the AP English examination. She is the author of several books and was the runner-up in her junior high spelling bee, done in by the word ?souvenir.?

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521076609
• ISBN 13: 9780521076609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336