Readership: Medieval British historians; scholars and students of economic and social history; local and agricultural historians.
David Stone, Teacher of History, Dulwich College
"compulsory reading for all students of the medieval English economy" - Steve Rigby, Journal of Peasant Studies
"David Stone is a pioneer" - Miri Rubin, Journal of English and Germanic Philology
"innovative and immensely important" - Rosemary Horrox, The Local Historian
"consistently fascinating findings" - Christopher Thornton, Rural History
"a story rich in detail and well worth the telling and offers many rewarding insights" - Bruce Campbell, Agricultural History Review
"deserves a place at the centre of historical debate" - Mark Page, English Historical Review
"will be read widely by students as well as by specialists" - Chris Briggs, Economic History Review
"A model of how to make professional economic history accessible to the non specialist" - Barbara Harvey, University of Oxford
I: Introduction 1: Interpreting Medieval Agriculture 2: The Demesne Farm of Wisbech Barton II: The Management of Resources at Wisbech Barton 3: From Agrarian Crisis to the Black Death 4: The 'Indian Summer' for Demesne Farming 5: Responding to Pressure at the turn of the Fifteenth Century 6: The Last Phase of Direct Cultivation III: Decision Making on Medieval Agriculture 7: Standards of Demesne Farm Management in England 8: The Use of Agricultural Techniques in Medieval England Bibliography Index
