Rethinking the Great Transition: Community and Economic Growth in County Durham, 1349-1660 by Peter L. Larson -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Contents List of Maps and Figures List of Tables Common References Notes on Currency, Spelling, and Dates Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Development and Capitalism

The Agrarian Roots of Industrial Development The Great and Little Divergences Local and Regional History Reassessing the Transition from ‘Medieval’ to (Early) ‘Modern’ A Transition in Durham

2. Villages and Parishes

Durham and the North The Case Study: Bishop Middleham and Sedgefield Parishes

3. Life, Marriage, Death, and the Household

Population Estimates Family and Household The Significance of Population Growth

4. The Foundation of the Agrarian Economy

Tenure and the Tenurial Structure after the Black Death Copyhold and Leasehold The Land Market Widow-Right The Costs of Expansion: Rents and Entry Fines

5. Agrarian Development

Durham before the Black Death Durham after the Black Death Turning Points in Tenurial Change A Divergent Agricultural Development

6. Standards of Living in an Age of Transition

Food and Drink The Costs of Living A Consumption Revolution? The Poor of the Parish The Rise and Fall of Wealth in Durham

7. The Expanding and Evolving Economy

Arable and Pastoral Agriculture The Dynamics of Agrarian Change Service and Labour Local Industry Credit and Debt

8. Individuals and Communities

Variety of Community Village, Parish, and Locality Community Leaders Communities in Crises Community and Change

Conclusion

Transition Divergence Local, National, and Global History

Appendix A

Mortality Database Medieval Marriage and Fornication Database, 1349–1450 Early Modern Marriage Database, 1559–1701 Baptism Database, 1559–1701

Bibliography Index