Ecclesiastical Lordship, Seigneurial Power and the Commercialization of Milling in Medieval England

ISBN-13: 9780367600334 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 436 str.

Adam Lucas

Opis

This is the first detailed study of the role of the Church in the commercialization of milling in medieval England. Focusing on the period from the late eleventh to the mid sixteenth centuries, it examines the estate management practices of more than thirty English religious houses founded by the Benedictines, Cistercians, Augustinians and other mi

Recenzje

"Ecclesiastical Lordship, Seigneurial Power, and the Commercialization of Milling in Medieval England will be of obvious value to specialists in medieval economic history, English church history, and the history of medieval technology. Lucas furthermore merits special praise for the clarity of his writing and organization, which makes his book useful and engaging to the nonspecialist as well."
Elspeth Whitney, University of Nevada

Spis treści

Ecclesiastical Lordship, Seigneurial Power and the Commercialization of Milling in Medieval England

O autorze

Adam Lucas is a senior lecturer in the Science and Technology Studies Program at the University of Wollongong, Australia. His first book, Wind, Water, Work: Ancient and Medieval Milling Technology, was published in 2006.