Dissolution of the Monasteries

Eric L. Jones
Additional contact information
Eric L. Jones: University of Buckingham

Chapter Chapter 3 in Barriers to Growth, 2020, pp 19-29 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Recent work urges that the Dissolution passed monastic lands into gentry hands and it was their enterprise that transformed the economy. In reality other changes diluted the impact and ancient practices survived for centuries. Moreover, many areas full of gentry estates actually deindustrialised. Much gentry investment was on estate amenities rather than agricultural development. Innovation came instead from tenant farmers. By extending the land market the Dissolution did promote agricultural competition but very slowly and incompletely.

Keywords: Gentry enterprise; Land market; Survival of old practices; Estate amenities; Deindustrialisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-44274-3_3

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9783030442743

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44274-3_3

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Palgrave Studies in Economic History from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().