The prudent village: Risk pooling institutions in Medieval English agriculture

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 386-413

  Richardson, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND MANAGEMENT; MEDIEVAL; RISK FACTOR;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644600908     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050705000136     Document Type: Article

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