2013年1月28日 · In 1962 Lynn White, Jr. argued – against all the Marxists – that the primary explanation for the economic and demographic boom around AD 1000 was the introduction of …

2013年1月22日 · “The heavy plough turned European agriculture and economy on its head. Suddenly the fields with the heavy, fatty and moist clay soils became those that gave the …

A plough or plow (both pronounced / p l aʊ /) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. [1] Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but modern …

The carruca or caruca was a kind of heavy plow important to medieval agriculture in Northern Europe. The carruca used a heavy iron plowshare to turn heavy soil and may have required a …

2013年6月18日 · More specifically, heavy ploughs have three function parts that set them apart from primitive ards. The first part is an asymmetric ploughshare, which cuts the soil …

2015年9月30日 · This research sheds new light on the much-debated link between agricultural productivity and development. It is done by by estimating the causal impact of a large shock to …

The heavy plow is an advanced agricultural tool developed in medieval Europe that allowed for more efficient tilling of heavy, clay-rich soils. This innovation transformed agricultural practices, …

Unlike the earlier scratch plow, which was lightweight and easier to handle but inefficient for deeper plowing, the heavy plow facilitated greater crop yields by improving soil drainage and …

2016年1月1日 · In the present paper, we estimate the causal effect of a large shock to agricultural productivity—namely the introduction of the heavy plow in the Middle Ages—on long-run …

What did the heavy plow do? The invention of the heavy plough made it possible to harness areas with clay soil, and clay soil was more fertile than the lighter soil types. This led to prosperity …