Essays Tagged: "Enclosure"

How Successfully did the Agricultural Revolution Deal with the Problems and Inefficiencies that Existed in Agriculture?

ming example of Holland and other countries where good land was scarce; and the success of previous enclosures.Perhaps the most important and significant development of the Agricultural Revolution wer ... the most important and significant development of the Agricultural Revolution were the enclosures. Enclosure simply meant doing away with the 'Open Field' system, replacing it with large fields, encl ...

(6 pages) 52 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Why did contemporaries engage in such fierce debate over the impact of eighteenth century enclosure?

Why did contemporaries engage in such fierce debate over the impact of enclosure in eighteenth century England?The eighteenth century carried a number of problems includin ... e to improvements in agriculture was thought to be the open field system of farming and this led to enclosure occurring first in the form of private agreement between landowners and then by Parliament ... e form of private agreement between landowners and then by Parliamentary enclosure from about 1750. Enclosure changed agricultural practices which had operated under systems of co-operation in communa ...

(14 pages) 55 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Agricultural Revolution

d food prices to rise.Some farmers began to look at ways of growing more food and making more money.Enclosure:One way was to "enclose" land putting hedges round fields and farming them as one unit ins ... y farm labourers were doubly hit.Now they had nowhere to graze their own animals.Farming Techniques:Enclosure led to improvements in farming techniques. In norfolk, a system of rotating crops, so that ...

(2 pages) 33 0 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Agricultural Revolution In Britain

d. Therefore changes were needed.Perhaps the most important and significant development of were the enclosures. Enclosure simply meant doing away with the 'Open Field' system, replacing it with large ... it with large fields, enclosed by fences or hedgerows and drained by the landowners. The system of Enclosure had the simple advantage over the 'Open Field' system, in that it produced far more food, ...

(5 pages) 19 0 0.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History