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| Title | If the landlord so wanted… Family, farm production and land transfers in the manorial system |
| Author/s | Martin Dribe, Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson |
| Department/s |
Department of Economic History
Centre for Economic Demography |
| Full-text | Full text is not available in this archive |
| Alternative location (URL) | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.14... Restricted Access (Alternative Location) |
| Publication/Series | Economic History Review |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 746 - 769 |
| Document type | Journal article |
| Status | published |
| Quality controlled | yes |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Abstract | The manorial system was a salient feature of the pre-industrial economy in Europe from the early middle ages until the late nineteenth century. Despite its importance, it is not usually the main focus of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century European economic history. Looking at a vital manorial economy, this article deals with land transmissions, a crucial factor in the socioeconomic reproduction of pre-industrial societies, and demonstrates both similarities and important differences between the tenants on manorial land and freeholders. Although their strategies were often similar, we show that the manorial system consisted of a two-party government-the landlord and the tenant-whose interests did not always coincide. In the nineteenth century, market expansion and commercialization promoted more active landlord strategies in terms of demesne expansions and by means of implementing short-term leases. This made intergenerational transfers within the family increasingly difficult for tenants. |
| Subject |
General Works |
| ISBN/ISSN/Other |
ISSN: 0013-0117 |
