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Agrarian crisis, late medieval
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The theory of a late medieval agrarian crisis is a widespread concept in the economic assessment and chronological definition of the Late Middle Ages (1350–1450). It was based originally on the theories of  Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo, representatives of the classical school of economics. It also influenced M. Postan’s studies of economic history [10] and E. Le Roy Ladurie’s interpretation of European history as a whole on the basis of agricultural m…

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Rösener, Werner, “Agrarian crisis, late medieval”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_COM_016634>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20160321



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