Estimating arable output using Durham Priory tithe receipts, 1341-1450

Economic History Review

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-285

  Dodds, Ben ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARABLE FARMING; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDIEVAL;

DURHAM [ENGLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7444250375     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2004.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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