A Marginal Economy?

Mark Bailey

Cambridge University Press, 2008

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A theory of the margin has long featured in the work of medieval historians. Marginal regions are taken to be those of poor soil or geographical remoteness, where farmers experienced particular difficulties in grain production. It is argued that such regions were cultivated only when demographic pressure intensified in the thirteenth century.

ISBN-13
9780521073141
ISBN-10
0521073146
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
Publication date
2008-09-04
Pages
368
Dimensions
224x144x18
Weight
300