{"product_id":"medieval-agriculture-the-southern-french-constance-h-berman-9780871697653","title":"Medieval Agriculture, the Southern French Countryside, and the Early Cistercians: A Study of 43 Monasteries Transactions, American Philosophical Socie","description":"This is a print on demand publication. A study of medieval ag., of the rural world of southern France, \u0026amp; of the early corporate farms of the new religious order of Citeaux, founded in Burgundy in 1098 \u0026amp; imported into southern France in the mid-12th cent. It is a study of the agriculture \u0026amp; pastoralism practiced by the white monks, as the Cistercians were called, in a region which is both vast \u0026amp; varied in topography, climate, \u0026amp; custom. Assesses that order's contributions to southern-French economic development in the 12th \u0026amp; 13th cent. The Cistercians did not acquire lands for their newly consolidated farms -- the granges -- through clearance \u0026amp; reclamation of unoccupied lands, but rather through the careful purchase \u0026amp; reorg. of holdings which had often had a long history of cultivation. Maps \u0026amp; tables.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Constance H. Berman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0871697653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780871697653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Philosophical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Constance H. Berman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48438030991615,"sku":"9780871697653","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8bc3ae3a-a582-4395-a2d1-bd8c1a1bb131.jpg?v=1777168331","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/medieval-agriculture-the-southern-french-constance-h-berman-9780871697653","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}