# A Marginal Economy?, Vol. 1

By **Mark Bailey**

- ISBN-13: 9780521365017
- Series: [Cambridge Studies In Medieval Life And Thought: Fourth Series](https://mybookbandits.com/series/cambridge-studies-in-medieval-life-and-thought-fourth-series)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 368
- Published: 29 Jun 1989

## About this book

A theory of the margin has long featured in the work of medieval historians. Marginal regions are taken to be those of poor soil or geographical remoteness, where farmers experienced particular difficulties in grain production. It is argued that such regions were cultivated only when demographic pressure intensified in

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