1st Edition
Ecclesiastical Lordship, Seigneurial Power and the Commercialization of Milling in Medieval England
By Adam Lucas
Copyright 2014
436 Pages
by
Routledge
436 Pages
by
Routledge
436 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is the first detailed study of the role of the Church in the commercialization of milling in medieval England. Focusing on the period from the late eleventh to the mid sixteenth centuries, it examines the estate management practices of more than thirty English religious houses founded by the Benedictines, Cistercians, Augustinians and other minor orders, with an emphasis on the role played by... Read more
Ecclesiastical Lordship, Seigneurial Power and the Commercialization of Milling in Medieval England
Biography
Adam Lucas is a senior lecturer in the Science and Technology Studies Program at the University of Wollongong, Australia. His first book, Wind, Water, Work: Ancient and Medieval Milling Technology, was published in 2006.
"Ecclesiastical Lordship, Seigneurial Power, and the Commercialization of Milling in Medieval England will be of obvious value to specialists in medieval economic history, English church history, and the history of medieval technology. Lucas furthermore merits special praise for the clarity of his writing and organization, which makes his book useful and engaging to the nonspecialist as well."
Elspeth Whitney, University of Nevada
