The Fedderate Charter and its implications for the thirteenth-century social and economic landscapes of North-east Scotland

Shepherd, Colin

doi:10.1080/01433768.2021.1999014

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“…Although wealthy to a point that might be difficult to imagine today, during the 13th century, Aberdeenshire, basked in the profits of a lucrative wool trade (Campbell, 2008;Shepherd, 2021c). Dyer notes that, in Gloucestershire, half of the wool supplied came from peasant flocks (2013,31).…”

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Licit or Illicit? Encroachments on ‘the Lord’s Waste’ in North-east Scotland, c.1400 – c.1800

Shepherd

2024

Rural History

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This paper seeks to show that encroachments in the North-east resulted from a range of social and economic drivers. Encroachments were enacted by members of a wide social spectrum, resulting in both top-down and bottom-up manifestations of engrossment of holdings. In this respect, it may be argued, North-east encroachments have a distinctive nature compared to English enclosures. The factors effecting encroachment can be seen to relate to topographic opportunism, demographic fluctuation, and a socio-agricultural environment that was already well-attuned to utilising dynamic settlement fluctuations for social and economic benefits. Only after the enactment of the 1695 Division of the Commonties Act did the socially diverse nature of such encroachment become increasingly monopolised by the landed gentry and began to reflect more closely English enclosure.

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Licit or Illicit? Encroachments on ‘the Lord’s Waste’ in North-east Scotland, c.1400 – c.1800

Shepherd

2024

Rural History

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“…In a pair of articles at the intersection of environmental and agricultural history, Shepherd explores the economic landscapes of thirteenth century Scotland. In Rural History , Shepherd combines fragmentary taxation sources with place‐name and topographical evidence for the central uplands of Buchan to challenge the idea of a dichotomy between rich arable lowlands and poor pastoral uplands, instead showing how such regions were dynamically interconnected. While relatively remote, he suggests that the uplands were in per‐capita terms as successful as surrounding arable lands and may have been an important source of wool for Aberdeen's export trade as part of a mixed pastoral economy.…”

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2022

The Economic History Review

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The year 2021 saw an increase in publications concerning late medieval economic and social history compared with the previous year, showing the vitality of the field. In a thought-provoking contribution, Wickham offered a model for the feudal logic of medieval economies across the globe. Criticizing interpretations which have presented economies of the middle ages as subject to more simplistic versions of capitalism, he suggests that, while recent research has demonstratedThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.

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The Fedderate Charter and its implications for the thirteenth-century social and economic landscapes of North-east Scotland

Cited by 2 publications

References 5 publications

Licit or Illicit? Encroachments on ‘the Lord’s Waste’ in North-east Scotland, c.1400 – c.1800

Licit or Illicit? Encroachments on ‘the Lord’s Waste’ in North-east Scotland, c.1400 – c.1800

Review of periodical literature for 2021

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