Dr Alex Brown's Outputs (4)

Crises in Economic and Social History: A Comparative Perspective (2015)
Book
Brown, A., Burn, A., & Doherty, R. (Eds.). (2015). Crises in Economic and Social History: A Comparative Perspective. Boydell Press

This collection of essays brings together historians examining social and economic crises from the thirteenth century to the twenty-first. Crisis is an almost ubiquitous concept for historians, applicable across (amongst others) the histories of agri... Read More about Crises in Economic and Social History: A Comparative Perspective.

Coping with Crisis: Understanding the Role of Crises in Economic and Social History (2015)
Book Chapter
Brown, A., Burn, A., & Doherty, R. (2015). Coping with Crisis: Understanding the Role of Crises in Economic and Social History. In A. Brown, A. Burn, & R. Doherty (Eds.), Crises in Economic and Social History: A Comparative Perspective. Boydell Press

Rural Society and Economic Change in County Durham: Recession and Recovery, c.1400-1640 (2015)
Book
Brown, A. (2015). Rural Society and Economic Change in County Durham: Recession and Recovery, c.1400-1640. Boydell & Brewer

In the middle of the fifteenth-century, the economy of north-east England was beset by crises: population was low, production was stagnant and many landowners faced penury. By the end of the sixteenth century, however, the precocious development of t... Read More about Rural Society and Economic Change in County Durham: Recession and Recovery, c.1400-1640.

Economic Life (2015)
Book Chapter
Brown, A. (2015). Economic Life. In R. Swanson (Ed.), The Routledge History of Medieval Christianity, 1050-1500 (295-308). Routledge

This chapter explores the role played by the Church in the economic life of medieval Europe, both as a major landowner and a moral instructor. As such, it shows the diverse economic interests of the Church, from the old and wealthy Benedictine founda... Read More about Economic Life.