Cambridge European Economic History (Volume 1): Agricultural Life in the Middle Ages

Author: M.M. Postan et al. (UK) edited, Lang Lihua et al. translated
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Publishing Date: 2002-09-01
Features: The Cambridge Economic History of Europe is an authoritative work in economic history, consisting of eight volumes, edited by renowned economic historian M.M. Postan et al. and published by Cambridge University Press. It has long been celebrated in Western academia. The planning of this renowned work began in the turbulent 1930s, with Sir John Clapham and Eileen Power as the main initiators. Volume I was published in 1941, and the eighth volume was published in 1989. From the time of its inception, it spanned nearly six decades. Decades of effort were devoted to completing this single book, a feat rarely seen in the history of world publishing. The content includes: European exploration and colonization, agriculture and rural life in the late Roman Empire, advancements in agricultural technology, the agricultural system of the Germanic peoples in the 5th–9th centuries, the agricultural conditions of the Byzantine Middle Ages, the rise of tenant farming and its vassals, and the agricultural society of the High Middle Ages.