How the heavy plough changed the world - ScienceNordic
Jan 22, 2013 · The world changed when a plough that could plough deep and turn over heavy clay soil was invented in the Middle Ages. Armed with massive amounts of data, researchers are now trying to document how a small technology leap turned the distribution of wealth on its head in medieval Northern Europe.
The Heavy Plough - Medieval History
Jan 28, 2013 · In 1962 Lynn White, Jr. argued – against all the Marxists – that the primary explanation for the economic and demographic boom around AD 1000 was the introduction of the heavy mouldboard plough.
The Heavy Plough and the Agricultural Revolution in Medieval Europe
Jun 18, 2013 · More specifically, heavy ploughs have three function parts that set them apart from primitive ards. The first part is an asymmetric ploughshare, which cuts the soil horizontally. The second part is a coulter, which cuts the soil vertically.
Carruca - Wikipedia
The carruca or caruca was a kind of heavy plow important to medieval agriculture in Northern Europe. The carruca used a heavy iron plowshare to turn heavy soil and may have required a team of eight oxen. The carruca also bore a coulter and moldboard. It gave its name to the English carucate.
The heavy plow and the agricultural revolution in Medieval Europe
Jan 1, 2016 · In the present paper, we estimate the causal effect of a large shock to agricultural productivity—namely the introduction of the heavy plow in the Middle Ages—on long-run development. We thereby shed new light on the role of agricultural productivity in …
The Heavy Plough and the European Agricultural Revolution of the …
Jan 24, 2013 · The earliest plough, commonly known as the ard or scratch-plough, was suitable for the soils and climate of the Mediterranean; it was not suited to the heavy soils found in most of Northern Europe. In these latter areas, soils “offer much more resistance to …
European Historical Economics Society | The Heavy Plough and …
Jan 15, 2015 · Did the heavy plough – as suggested by Lynn White Jr. and many others – lead to economic development during the Middle Ages? This question is investigated in a new EHES working paper by Andersen , Jensen and Skovsgaard , University of Southern Denmark.
The heavy plow and the agricultural revolution in Medieval Europe
Jan 1, 2016 · In the present paper, we estimate the causal effect of a large shock to agricultural productivity—namely the introduction of the heavy plow in the Middle Ages—on long-run development. We thereby shed new light on the role of agricultural productivity in …
The origins of the medieval heavy plow and the evolution of its technical details define how it impacted agricultural productivity and techniques as well as population and urban growth in the Early and High
The Heavy Plough and new Towns - Medieval Histories
Sep 30, 2015 · This research sheds new light on the much-debated link between agricultural productivity and development. It is done by by estimating the causal impact of a large shock to agricultural productivity—the introduction of the heavy …
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