IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 838: Economic Innovation and Environmental Concerns in Late Medieval England: Papers in Honour of Richard Britnell and John Munro, IV
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Peter Larson, Department of History, University of Central Florida |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Simon J. Harris, Research Institute for the Humanities, Keele University |
| Paper 838-a | The Origins of Environmental Concerns: Rivers in Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Technology |
| Paper 838-b | Small-Scale Technology and the Intensification of Peasant Agriculture in Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Rural, Social History, Technology |
| Paper 838-c | The Developing Dairy Industry in Late Medieval England: Environment, Economy, and Entrepreneurialization (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Rural, Sexuality, Technology |
| Abstract | Economic historians are now paying greater attention to the effects of expansion and development on the environment itself. The new farming techniques and the increases in pastoral agriculture and meat consumption after the Black Death raise questions about the environmental impact of these changes. Rivers too were critical, powering mills, permitting transportation, or providing water for drinking and irrigation, and pollution or the modification of the direction or volume of flow had widespread consequences. This panel explores these topics and in particular investigates the entrepreneurs themselves, as this has implications both for the resources affected and the intensity of development. |