Product Description: Was there a discernible set of changes in the techniques of arable farming, animal husbandry and their associated technologies at the end of antiquity which marked a clear break with an established 'ancient world economy' and ushered in the 'new agricultures' of the early middle ages? Were such changes not already visible in antiquity? And what was the impact of political, economic, social and environmental change in these processes? The 6 papers in this volume reject simple evolutionary models charting progress from "protohistory" to the "Roman period" to the "Dark Ages" to the "Middle Ages" and insisted rather on the notion of inheritance, so that the farming economy laid down in protohistoric times continued to exist during the early Middle Ages...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is the first of three volumes dealing with the techniques and technology of agriculture in Europe from the seventh to the 17th century. This volume focuses on Scandinavia, the British Isles, northern Germany, the Low Countries, and northern France...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)