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Tavistock Abbey

Tavistock Abbey

Tavistock Abbey

A Study in the Social and Economic History of Devon
H. P. R. Finberg
January 2015
Paperback
9781107453715
$45.00
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Paperback

    Originally published in 1951, this book examines the history of rural Devon though the history of Tavistock Abbey. Finberg charts the abbey's development from its establishment by King Edgar until its dissolution during the reign of Henry VIII, and uses the abbey's records to detail the changing nature of Devonshire agriculture and the monastic economy. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in rural British history.

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    January 2015
    Paperback
    9781107453715
    338 pages
    229 × 152 × 19 mm
    0.5kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • List of abbreviations
    • 1. The endowments of the Abbey
    • 2. The Agrarian landscape
    • 3. The social structure
    • 4. Arable husbandry
    • 5. Pastoral husbandry
    • 6. Fisheries
    • 7. The Stannary of Tavistock
    • 8. Seignorial revenues
    • 9. The monastic economy
    • 10. The dissolution
    • Appendix A. Abbots of Tavistock
    • Appendix B. The foundation charter of the Abbey
    • Appendix C. The Abbey buildings
    • Appendix D. The Tavistock printing press
    • List of sources
    • Index.
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    • H. P. R. Finberg