Population Density in Fifteenth Century France and the Low Countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8376895 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norman J G Pounds (Indiana University Bloomington), CHARLES C ROOME (Western Washington University) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 116-130 |
| Publication date | 1971-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1971.tb00769.x |
| OpenAlex | W2129695356 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
Although the history of population in Europe is known in broad outline, there are few precise estimates of its size and distribution in pre-censal periods. An attempt is made to review the evidence for population size and population change in the fifteenth century; to calculate densities for as many areas as possible, and by extrapolation, to prepare a population map for France and the Low Countries in the fifteenth century. The primary sources are the hearth rolls, which were compiled for tax purposes, and give the number of hearths in each named settlement in a number of areas. Collateral materials of similar quality were used for some urban places not included in the hearth rolls. The map compiled from these data indicates that France and the Low Countries in the fifteenth century were a well-peopled region in which the density of population varied directly with the quality of the soil. Land quality was utilized in extrapolating from the areas for which population density is established to the remainder of the region
Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeology · Distribution (mathematics) · Economics · Extrapolation · Fifteenth · Geography · Hearth · Physical geography · Population · Population density · Population growth · Population size · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · Statistics · Subsistence agriculture · Demography · Financial Crisis of the 21st Century · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Mathematics · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
Late Ancient and Medieval Population
The Great European Famine of 1315, 1316, and 1317
Overpopulation in France and the Low Countries in the Later Middle Ages
Albi et la peste noire
La population du Bas-Languedoc à la fin du Xllle siècle et au commencement du XlVe
The Medieval Household
La famine de l'an 1316 en Flandre et dans les régions voisines
Some Evidence of the Thirteenth Century Population Increase
Some Thirteenth-Century Censuses
A l'origine d'une Économie contractée
Feux, population et structure sociale au milieu du xve siècle
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1977 - 2022 (46) |
| Highly cited | No |