Plenty of land, land of plenty: the agrarian output of Portugal (1311-20)
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Resumo: | This article presents a benchmark for Portuguese agrarian output for the 1311–20 decade. This benchmark is built from the supply side using the value of church tithes combined with contemporary parish accounts. Two main findings emerge: first, per capita agrarian output was similar in the recently conquered South and the North, hinting that internal migration after the Reconquista led to the equalization of marginal product across the country; second, that Portuguese real per capita agrarian output was above subsistence and higher than that of contemporary England and Wales. This result, which is robust to the assumptions used, confirms that by 1320 Portugal was a “frontier economy” with a high land/labor ratio and a high per capita output. This seems to reinforce the Malthusian theory that the amount of land per person was key in determining living standards. The article discusses the implication of these results for the inequality among nations. |
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Plenty of land, land of plenty: the agrarian output of Portugal (1311-20)AgricultureAgrarian outputHistória de Portugal - séc. 14This article presents a benchmark for Portuguese agrarian output for the 1311–20 decade. This benchmark is built from the supply side using the value of church tithes combined with contemporary parish accounts. Two main findings emerge: first, per capita agrarian output was similar in the recently conquered South and the North, hinting that internal migration after the Reconquista led to the equalization of marginal product across the country; second, that Portuguese real per capita agrarian output was above subsistence and higher than that of contemporary England and Wales. This result, which is robust to the assumptions used, confirms that by 1320 Portugal was a “frontier economy” with a high land/labor ratio and a high per capita output. This seems to reinforce the Malthusian theory that the amount of land per person was key in determining living standards. The article discusses the implication of these results for the inequality among nations.Oxford University PressRepositório da Universidade de LisboaHenriques, António Castro2016-04-18T15:07:11Z20152015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/23426engHenriques, A. C. (2015). Plenty of land, land of plenty: the agrarian output of Portugal (1311-20). European Review of Economic History. Vol. 19. 2, pp. 149-1701474-004410.1093/ereh/heu023info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:11:26Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/23426Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:40:47.062510Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Plenty of land, land of plenty: the agrarian output of Portugal (1311-20) |
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Plenty of land, land of plenty: the agrarian output of Portugal (1311-20) |
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Plenty of land, land of plenty: the agrarian output of Portugal (1311-20) Henriques, António Castro Agriculture Agrarian output História de Portugal - séc. 14 |
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Plenty of land, land of plenty: the agrarian output of Portugal (1311-20) |
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Plenty of land, land of plenty: the agrarian output of Portugal (1311-20) |
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Plenty of land, land of plenty: the agrarian output of Portugal (1311-20) |
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Plenty of land, land of plenty: the agrarian output of Portugal (1311-20) |
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Plenty of land, land of plenty: the agrarian output of Portugal (1311-20) |
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Henriques, António Castro |
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Henriques, António Castro |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Henriques, António Castro |
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Agriculture Agrarian output História de Portugal - séc. 14 |
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Agriculture Agrarian output História de Portugal - séc. 14 |
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This article presents a benchmark for Portuguese agrarian output for the 1311–20 decade. This benchmark is built from the supply side using the value of church tithes combined with contemporary parish accounts. Two main findings emerge: first, per capita agrarian output was similar in the recently conquered South and the North, hinting that internal migration after the Reconquista led to the equalization of marginal product across the country; second, that Portuguese real per capita agrarian output was above subsistence and higher than that of contemporary England and Wales. This result, which is robust to the assumptions used, confirms that by 1320 Portugal was a “frontier economy” with a high land/labor ratio and a high per capita output. This seems to reinforce the Malthusian theory that the amount of land per person was key in determining living standards. The article discusses the implication of these results for the inequality among nations. |
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Henriques, A. C. (2015). Plenty of land, land of plenty: the agrarian output of Portugal (1311-20). European Review of Economic History. Vol. 19. 2, pp. 149-170 1474-0044 10.1093/ereh/heu023 |
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