Transitions to Capitalism in Early Modern Europe Book contents
- Transitions to Capitalism in Early Modern Europe
- New Approaches to European History
- Transitions to Capitalism in Early Modern Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures, Maps, Tables, and Graph
- Preface
- Maps
- Part I
- Part II Introduction: The Long Sixteenth Century
- 3 Goods and People on the Move
- 4 The Limits of Agricultural Growth
- 5 Industrial Tradition and Innovation
- Part III Introduction: From Seventeenth-century Crisis to Long Eighteenth Century
- Appendices
- Index
- References
4 - The Limits of Agricultural Growth
from Part II - Introduction: The Long Sixteenth Century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2019
- Transitions to Capitalism in Early Modern Europe
- New Approaches to European History
- Transitions to Capitalism in Early Modern Europe
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures, Maps, Tables, and Graph
- Preface
- Maps
- Part I
- Part II Introduction: The Long Sixteenth Century
- 3 Goods and People on the Move
- 4 The Limits of Agricultural Growth
- 5 Industrial Tradition and Innovation
- Part III Introduction: From Seventeenth-century Crisis to Long Eighteenth Century
- Appendices
- Index
- References
Summary
During the long sixteenth century, discrepant trends marked European agriculture. Though data are not available for all areas, recent studies indicate that more intensive use of land and labor as farmers experimented with crops and methods boosted both productivity per hectare and overall output from the early 1400s to the later 1500s, yet agricultural labor productivity dropped by up to a third. In the decades before 1600, however, the coastal provinces of the nascent Dutch Republic were something of an exception in terms of productivity and innovation, and parts of England showed signs of upturn as well.
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- Transitions to Capitalism in Early Modern EuropeEconomies in the Era of Early Globalization, c. 1450 – c. 1820, pp. 91 - 132Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019