The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century
by R. H. Tawney
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Excerpt from The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth CenturyI must plead that one cannot have the dessert without the dinner. And that a firm foundation of fact, even though as tedious to read as to arrange, is a necessary preliminary to the higher and more philosphical task of analysing economic conceptions. The reader who;desires to start with a bird's eye view of the subject is advised to turn first to the con eluding chapter of Part III.
Chapters (93)(click to expand)
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTIONToC
- FOOTNOTES:
- PART I THE SMALL LANDHOLDER
- CHAPTER I THE RURAL POPULATION
- (a) The Classes of LandholdersToC
- Table I
- (b) The FreeholdersToC
- Table II
- Column Key
- (c) The Customary TenantsToC
- Table III
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II THE PEASANTRY
- (a) The Variety of ConditionsToC
- (b) The Consolidation of Peasant HoldingsToC
- Table IV
- Column Key
- (c) The Growth of a Land Market among the PeasantsToC
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III THE PEASANTRY (continued)
- (d) The Economic Environment of the Small CultivatorToC
- Table V
- Table VI
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER IV THE PEASANTRY (continued)
- (e) Signs of ChangeToC
- (f) The Growth of Competitive Rents on New AllotmentsToC
- (g) The Progress of Enclosure among the PeasantryToC
- FOOTNOTES:
- PART II THE TRANSITION TO CAPITALIST AGRICULTURE
- CHAPTER I THE NEW RURAL ECONOMY
- (a) Motives and CausesToC
- Table VII
- (b) The Growth of the Large Leasehold FarmToC
- Table VIII
- (c) Enclosure and Conversion by the Manorial AuthoritiesToC
- Table IX
- Table X I
- II
- Composed of (a) Thirty-two Farms on Twenty-three Manors in Wilts and One Manor in Dorset
- (b)Sixteen Farms on Thirteen Manors in Norfolk and Suffolk
- (c) Seventeen Farms on Thirteen Other Manors Mainly in South and Midlands
- III
- Table XI
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II THE REACTION OF THE AGRARIAN CHANGES ON THE PEASANTRY
- (a) The Removing of LandmarksToC
- (b) The Struggle for the CommonsToC
- (c) The Engrossing of Holdings and Displacement of TenantsToC
- In the West Felde
- Table XII
- (d) The Agrarian Changes and the Poor LawToC
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IIITHE QUESTION OF TENANT RIGHT
- (a) The Tenants at Will and the LeaseholdersToC
- (b) The CopyholdersToC[502]
- Table XIII
- I Duration of Tenure
- II Character of Fines
- (c) The Undermining of Customary TenuresToC
- Fines Paid on Three Manors in Northumberland[541]
- Fines per Acre Paid on Six Manors[542] in Wilts and One in Somerset
- FOOTNOTES:
- PART III THE OUTCOME OF THE AGRARIAN REVOLUTION
- CHAPTER I THE AGRARIAN PROBLEM AND THE STATE
- (a) The Political and Social Importance of the PeasantryToC
- (b) Legislation and AdministrationToC
- (c) Success and Failure of State InterventionToC
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II GENERAL CONCLUSIONSToC
- APPENDIX IToC
- (I)
- (II)
- (III)
- (IV)
- (V)
- (VI)
- (VII)
- (VIII)
- APPENDIX IIToC
- Table I. (p. 25)
- Table II. (pp. 32 and 33)
- Table III. (p. 48)
- Table IV.(pp. 64 and 65)
- Table V (p. 107)
- Table VI. (p. 115–117)
- Table VIII (p. 212)
- Tables IX, X, and XI (pp. 218, 225–226 and 227)
- Table XIII (p. 300)
- GENERAL INDEX
- INDEX OF PERSONS
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