Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century

Gambling in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century
Author: Bob Harris
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2022-03-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1009079638

English society in the eighteenth century was allegedly marked by a 'gambling mania'. Drawing on a vast range of new empirical evidence, Bob Harris explores the growth and prevalence of gambling across Britain and investigates who gambled, on what, and why.

The Open Fields of England

The Open Fields of England
Author: David Hall
Publisher: Medieval History and Archaeolo
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2014-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198702957

The first study to describe 100 years of pre-enclosure agricultural systems throughout England from one of the foremost authorities on medieval field systems.