Agricultural Investment and the Management of the Royal Demesne Manors, 1236-1240

Bibliographic Data

ID4966786
AuthorsRobert C Stacey (Yale University, corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume46
Issue4
Pages919-934
Publication date1986-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022050700050646
OpenAlexW2000089842
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

Between 1236 and 1240 the king's estate steward Walter de Burgo improved the productivity of about forty royal manors by systematically increasing agricultural investment to levels four to five times the medieval average. On estates where he managed the inland directly, de Burgo improved the quality of the draft animals and spent large sums on marling, smother crops, and on the purchase of foreign seed. Within four years he raised the net value of these manors 70 percent, thus demonstrating the direct link which could exist between investment levels and productivity in medieval agriculture

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Archaeology · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Estate · Geography · Investment (military) · Political science · Productivity · Byzantine Studies and History · Finance · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Medieval Literature and History

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