Project Gutenberg 2012-07-26 Public domain in the USA. 290 Tawney, R. H. (Richard Henry) 1880 1962 Tawney, Richard Henry The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century The Agrarian Problem in the 16th Century Produced by Chris Curnow, KD Weeks, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century" by R. H. Tawney is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book examines the significant economic and social transformations that took place in England regarding agrarian conditions, starting from the late Middle Ages leading up to the English Civil War. It discusses the rise of a new agricultural economy characterized by increasing enclosure practices, the displacement of customary tenants, and the emergence of competitive rents, all contributing to a distinct change in landholding patterns. The opening of this work introduces the agrarian challenges faced by statesmen during the sixteenth century and outlines the multifaceted nature of the agrarian problem, including its economic, legal, and political dimensions. Tawney highlights how these changes affected the rural population, drawing attention to the struggles between larger landholders and the customary tenants who suffered as a result of enclosures and rising rents. He presents arguments based on contemporary writings and manorial documents, establishing a foundation for analyzing the agrarian revolution's impact on English society and lays the groundwork for the exploration of tenant rights, the nature of land tenure, and how these shifts in agriculture contributed to broader changes in social and political power dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40336/40336-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 53.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Land tenure -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Agriculture -- England -- History -- 16th century Peasants -- England -- History -- 16th century England -- Social conditions -- 16th century HD Text Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) 1580254 2025-07-16T10:46:40.895902 text/html 1570417 2024-10-23T09:52:33 text/html 6914866 2025-07-16T10:47:10.353321 application/epub+zip 6938549 2025-07-16T10:46:47.505366 application/epub+zip 617747 2025-07-16T10:46:42.696932 application/epub+zip 5458840 2025-07-16T10:47:24.158264 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5405464 2025-07-16T10:47:05.331351 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1109909 2022-09-18T12:52:02.855867 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1195887 2025-07-16T10:46:37.249954 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1176075 2024-10-23T09:52:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18245 2025-07-16T10:47:24.357213 application/rdf+xml 10220 2025-07-16T10:46:43.022951 image/jpeg 1823 2025-07-16T10:46:42.858919 image/jpeg 9758074 2025-07-16T10:46:41.075934 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia