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2005
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Miriam Müller, « Seigniorial control and the peasant landmarket in the 14th century : a comparative approach », Publications de l'École Française de Rome, ID : 10670/1.dfiumb
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This paper compares the nature of the peasant landmarket in two very different peasant communities, one, Brandon in Suffolk, located in eastern and another, Badbury in Wiltshire, located in south-western England. While focussing on the regional peculiarities, which are to some extent mirrored in the natures of the two peasant communities considered, the essay seeks to look at long-term developments in the landmarkets of these villages. It becomes apparent that of fundamental importance to the local peasant landmarket was the nature of seigniorial control exercised. In fact the way in which peasants exchanged, swapped, sold or even passed land to their heirs, was profoundly influenced by the policies lords adopted concerning the landmarket. The way peasants were trying to transfer their land also changed over time, especially in response to the drastically changed land-labour ratio in the post Black Death period.