Medieval Agriculture, the Southern French Countryside, and the Early Cistercians (eBook)

A Study of 43 Monasteries Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 76, part 5)

Constance H. Berman (Autor)

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1986
194 Seiten
The American Philosophical Society Press (Verlag)
978-0-87169-335-8 (ISBN)

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This is a print on demand publication. A study of medieval ag., of the rural world of southern France, & of the early corporate farms of the new religious order of Citeaux, founded in Burgundy in 1098 & imported into southern France in the mid-12th cent. It is a study of the agriculture & pastoralism practiced by the white monks, as the Cistercians were called, in a region which is both vast & varied in topography, climate, & custom. Assesses that order’s contributions to southern-French economic development in the 12th & 13th cent. The Cistercians did not acquire lands for their newly consolidated farms -- the granges -- through clearance & reclamation of unoccupied lands, but rather through the careful purchase & reorg. of holdings which had often had a long history of cultivation. Maps & tables.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.1986
• Reihe/Serie: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• ISBN-10: 0-87169-335-6 / 0871693356
• ISBN-13: 978-0-87169-335-8 / 9780871693358