Rural Economy of England Collected Essays

No one has done more to emphasise the significance of the land in early modern England that Joan Thirsk, whose writings are both an important contribution to its history and point the way for future research. The subjects of this collection include the origin and nature of the common fields, Tudor enclosures, the Commonwealth confiscation of Royalist land and its subsequent return after the Restoration, inheritance customs, and the role of industries in the rural economy, among them stocking knitting.Thirsk, Joan is the author of 'Rural Economy of England Collected Essays' with ISBN 9780907628286 and ISBN 0907628281.