Contents Apologies and acknowledgements Abbreviations and conventions List of abbreviated titles J 4" cl Introduction | The nature of a peasant society 2 When England ceased to be a peasant society: Marx, Weber and the historians 3 English economy and society in the seventeenth centuries 4 Ownership in England from 1350 to 1750 5 Ownership in England from 1200 to 1349 6 English economy and society in the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries 7 England in perspective 8 Some implications Postscript List of manuscript sources Index 34 HO RO 102 181 | 65 | 89 204 07 210