Use of Heavy Plow Increases Agricultural Yields
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Economics, Agriculture
- Subcategories: Engineering, Engineers, Farms, Farming, Rural Life
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Western Civilization/European History
- Geographical Location: England, Wales, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Poland, Britain
- Date: 700-1000
Article abstract: The use of the heavy plow increases agricultural yields, eliminating the need for cross plowing and allowing for the exploitation of rich, damp soils in northern Europe.
Summary of Event
Throughout the Middle Ages, farming remained the most important economic activity in Europe. It absorbed the daily labor of nearly all inhabitants and determined social customs and practices. Development and widespread use of the heavy plow, which began gradually in Europe between the eighth and eleventh centuries, was the principal transformation in...
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