CONTENTS

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[Introduction][1]
[PART I.—THE SMALL LANDHOLDER]
[a]CHAP.]
[I. The Rural Population—]
[ (a) The Classes of Landholders][19]
[ (b) The Freeholders][27]
[ (c) The Customary Tenants][19]
[II. The Peasantry—]
[ (a) The Variety of Conditions][55]
[ (b) The Consolidation of Peasant Holdings][57]
[ (c) The Growth of a Land Market among the Peasants][72]
[III. The Peasantry (continued)—]
[ (d) The Economic Environment of the Small Cultivator][98]
[IV. The Peasantry (continued)—]
[ (e) Signs of Change][136]
[ (f) The Growth of Competitive Rents on New Allotments][139]
[ (g) The Progress of Enclosure among the Peasantry][147]
[PART II.—THE TRANSITION TO CAPITALIST AGRICULTURE]
[I. The New Rural Economy—]
[ (a) Motives and Causes][177]
[ (b) The Growth of the Large Leasehold Farm][200]
[ (c) Enclosure and Conversion by the Manorial Authorities][213]
[II. The Reaction of the Agrarian Changes on the Peasantry—]
[ (a) The Removing of Landmarks][231]
[ (b) The Struggle for the Commons][237]
[ (c) The Engrossing of Holdings and Displacement][253]
[ (d) The Agrarian Changes and the Poor Law][266]
[III. The Question of Tenant Right—]
[ (a) The Tenants at Will and the Leaseholders][281]
[ (b) The Copyholders][287]
[ (c) The Undermining of Customary Tenures][301]
[PART III.—THE OUTCOME OF THE AGRARIAN REVOLUTION]
[I. The Agrarian Problem and the State—]
[" (a) The Political and Social Importance of the Peasantry][313]
[ (b) Legislation and Administration][351]
[ (c) Success and Failure of State Intervention][377]
[II. General Conclusions][401]
[ Appendix I][410]
[ Appendix II][422]
[ Index][437]
LIST OF MAPS
I.[Part of the Manor of Salford, in Bedfordshire(1590) ] To face page [163]
II.[Part of the Manor of Edgeware, in Middlesex (1597) ] [172]
III.[Part of the Manor of Maids Morton,in Buckinghamshire (1590)] [221]
IV.[Part of the Manor of Crendon in Buckinghamshire (about 1590)] [221]
V.[Part of the Manor of Weedon Weston,in Northamptonshire (1590)] [222]
VI.[Part of the Manor of Whadborough in Leicestershire (1620)] [223]

THE AGRARIAN PROBLEM IN

THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY