Enclosure: How the English Lost Their Lands
- Episode aired Aug 1, 2021
- 19m
Prior to the introduction Enclosure in England in 1235 land was held in common though strips of land were typically cultivated by the same family year after year. Farm productivity tended to... Read allPrior to the introduction Enclosure in England in 1235 land was held in common though strips of land were typically cultivated by the same family year after year. Farm productivity tended to decline as a result because it was difficult to introduce new farming methods even as bas... Read allPrior to the introduction Enclosure in England in 1235 land was held in common though strips of land were typically cultivated by the same family year after year. Farm productivity tended to decline as a result because it was difficult to introduce new farming methods even as basic as crop rotation. Enclosure permitted private ownership of land which, over the next 50... Read all