Eric J. Evans

Routledge Revivals: The Contentious Tithe (1976) (eBook, ePUB)

The Tithe Problem and English Agriculture 1750-1850

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1976, this book studies the impact of a uniquely unpopular tax on English rural communities. It examines the tithe system during a period when it was subject to mounting attack from political economists, agricultural improvers and radicals alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351371070
• Artikelnr.: 50925298

Autorenporträt

Eric J. Evans

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Abbreviations and note on spelling and punctuation; 1. The
Economic and Social Status of the Eighteenth-Century Clergy 2. The Nature
of the Tithe Problem 3. Tithe Disputes and Litigation 4. The Mounting
Pressure for Reform 5. Tithes and the Enclosure Movement 6. The Tithe
Commutation Act and its Antecedents 7. Tithe Commutation and the
Agricultural Interest 8. Epilogue: From Commutation to Exoneration
1850-1936; Appendix; Bibliography; Index