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- Title
The concept of the margin in the medieval English economy.
- Authors
Bailey, Mark
- Abstract
The article explains the concept of the margin in the medieval English economy. The causes and the extent of economic change in medieval England remain matters of controversy. In the quest to understand the dynamics of the economy, historians have considered the relative influence of such factors as technological innovation, class structures and relations, demographic trends, and contemporary economic attitudes. Nevertheless, while subject to sustained assault in recent years, the current orthodoxy remains that the changing balance between land and labour was the most important influence upon the economy. The basic principles of this population-resources' model were first outlined in a series of seminal articles, and have influenced the work of many later scholars . In recent years, more sophisticated analysis of manorial records has yielded additional evidence about medieval agriculture and demography which has demanded some refinement of earlier thinking. Yet one central constituent of the model that has been accepted almost without question is its concept of the margin.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; ECONOMIC conditions in Great Britain; MARGIN requirements; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; SOCIAL structure; ECONOMIC trends
- Publication
Economic History Review, 1989, Vol 42, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2597043