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Liable to Floods

Village Landscape on the Edge of the Fens A D 450–1850

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Paperback, 228 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2008
ISBN13: 9780521082846
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This book studies the evolution and destruction of a part of the English landscape, following the history of three peasant communities - Landbeach, Waterbeach and Cottenham - on the margin of the Fens. Here, lord and peasant together developed a society that derived its strength from the balance between arable and lush grassland. The fenman in his struggle against the unpredictable floods learned a wiliness that enabled him to outwit the new acquisitive landlords of the Tudor period and to control his own destiny. Thus the peasant community increased its power and kept the old ways of field and fell almost inviolate until commerce and industry created irresistible market forces.

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ISBN13:9780521082846
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:228

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1. The Setting; 2. Fen, Meadow and Pasture; 3. The Fields; 4. Village Patterns; 5. Topography, Economy and Society.

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