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A verse work of agricultur al advice written by a 16th century English farmer. An enlarged edition of his work, Five Hundreth Pointes of Good Husbandrie , was published in 1573.

This bibliograp hy is primarily intended for the contributi ng authors and expert advisers of the Anglo-Saxo n Plant-Name Survey. It is, therefore, biased towards Anglo-Saxo n England, but with a wider range of titles in areas where this may be appropriat e to ASPNS studies.

Describes food-gathering, food preparation, and dining in the Middle Ages, accompanied by illustrations from medieval (mostly 15th century) illuminated manuscripts.

This group is for all who wish to study and discuss any and every aspect of farming in medieval Europe. Any topic, from apiculture to viticulture, animal care and housing to field systems is welcome.

A bibliography of material available on agricultural practices in the Middle Ages.

A series of engravings that bring to us the very clear representation of the crafts and technology of his time, and the relative importance which these discoveries and inventions had in the mind of a well-informed layman of the 16th century.

New Discoveries includes illustrations of: The Lodestone, The Magnet; The Astrolabe; America; Gunpowder; Printing Books; Iron Clocks; Guaiacum (a New World remedy for syphilis); Distillation; Silk, or the Silkworm; Stirrups, or Foot Rests; the Watermill; the Winged Mill (windmills); Olive Oil; Sugar; Oil Colors (oil-painting); Spectacles (eyeglasses); Longitudes of the Earth Found from the Deviation of the Magnet from the Pole; Polishing Armor; Engraving on Copper; and the travels & discoveries of Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and Ferdinand Magellan.

Seneschauc ie is an anonymous document of the later 13th century, thought to date from the early 1270s, describing the roles of all officers and manorial servants on an idealised estate. It is not a guide to agricultur al practice, but to organisati on and man-manage ment.

One of the earliest manuscript s to deal specifical ly with 17th century agricultur e in Scotland was written by John Skene of the Hallyards, who succeeded to the estate in 1644, and died in 1669.

Period agriculture. References.

This translatio n of Walter of Henley&#39 ;s Treatise on Husbandry, which was written in the third quarter of the 13th century. The treatise is aimed at the owners of medium and large estates who worked their demesne lands, rather than farmed them out for cash rents, but might have little direct knowledge of agricultur e.