Late-Medieval Goose Farming: Evidence from Eastern England, c.1250-1400

Citation

Slavin P (2010) Late-Medieval Goose Farming: Evidence from Eastern England, c.1250-1400. Agricultural History Review, 58 (1), pp. 1-29. https://www.bahs.org.uk/AgHRVOL.html?YEAR=2010&MOD=this

Abstract
The present article discusses goose farming on late medieval English demesnes. The research is based on over 2,700 manorial (demesne) accounts from several eastern counties, including Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and parts of the Peterborough hinterland. The paper discusses various strategies employed by lords and their reeves, chronological dynamics and geographic differences in rearing, disposal and consumption patterns. Finally, the place of the goose in the livestock trade is discussed. These aspects are linked to larger economic and ecological processes within the shifting environment of late medieval England.

Journal
Agricultural History Review: Volume 58, Issue 1

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Professor Philip Slavin

Professor, History