This volume describes the outlines of the 'state of the art' in the field of rural history for countries such as England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and

This book, a compendium of 28 papers selected from two recent conferences on the topic, focuses on aspects of rural landscape, broadly related to issues of lang

This Handbook re-examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especially in Angloph

This book deals with land productivity. Agriculture took the largest share of GNP before the mid-19th century and so economic growth must focus on agricultural

This Handbook re-examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especially in Angloph