Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction: Approaching the economic history of medieval Britain 1
6. Part One: Origins of the medieval economy, c.850–c.1100
7. Chapter One: Living on the land, c.850–c.1050 13
8. Chapter Two: Crisis and new directions, c.850–c.1050 43
9. Chapter Three: Conquest c.1050–c.1100 71
10. Part Two: Expansion and crisis, c.1100–c.1350
11. Chapter Four: Lords, c.1100–c.1315 106
12. Chapter Five: Peasants, c.1100–c.1315 155
13. Chapter Six: Towns and commerce, c.1100–c.1315 187
14. Chapter Seven: Crisis, c.1290–c.1350 228
15. Part Three: Making a new world, c.1350–c.1520
16. Chapter Eight: The Black Death and its aftermath, c.1348–c.1520 271
17. Chapter Nine: Towns, trade and industry, c.1350–c.1520 298
18. Chapter Ten: The countryside, c.1350–c.1520 330
19. Conclusion 363
20. Further reading 366
21. Index 390