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.
- ISBN10 1283202115
- ISBN13 9781283202114
- Publish Date 1 January 2003 (first published 1 July 1984)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 March 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint T & T Clark International
- Format eBook
- Pages 434
- Language English