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100 1 _aTawney, R. H.
_q(Richard Henry),
_d1880-1962
245 1 4 _aThe Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century
246 1 _aThe Agrarian Problem in the 16th Century
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2012-07-26
508 _aProduced by Chris Curnow, KD Weeks, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century" by R. H. Tawney is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book examines the significant economic and social transformations that took place in England regarding agrarian conditions, starting from the late Middle Ages leading up to the English Civil War. It discusses the rise of a new agricultural economy characterized by increasing enclosure practices, the displacement of customary tenants, and the emergence of competitive rents, all contributing to a distinct change in landholding patterns. The opening of this work introduces the agrarian challenges faced by statesmen during the sixteenth century and outlines the multifaceted nature of the agrarian problem, including its economic, legal, and political dimensions. Tawney highlights how these changes affected the rural population, drawing attention to the struggles between larger landholders and the customary tenants who suffered as a result of enclosures and rising rents. He presents arguments based on contemporary writings and manorial documents, establishing a foundation for analyzing the agrarian revolution's impact on English society and lays the groundwork for the exploration of tenant rights, the nature of land tenure, and how these shifts in agriculture contributed to broader changes in social and political power dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aLand tenure -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century
653 _aAgriculture -- England -- History -- 16th century
653 _aPeasants -- England -- History -- 16th century
653 _aEngland -- Social conditions -- 16th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40336
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