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In the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, the exploitation of landownership underwent drastic changes in various parts of Northwestern Europe. In these changes, the emergence of the lease plays a pivotal role. At the end of the Middle Ages, in a number of areas within the North Sea area, the greater part of available land was held at lease for relatively short terms. The competitive and contractual nature of such leasing has caused many to associate it with the emergence of capitalism in the countryside, seeing its rise as a key element in the transformation of the rural economy and society in the last millennium. In view of this, it is surprising that the emergence of leasing has received little systematic attention, particularly where its roots, its early development, its exact arrangements and the social and economic context of its emergence are concerned, let alone the regional and chronological differences in these elements. This volume aims to make a first step in exploring these issues.

History of Europe --- Law of real property --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Europe: North-West --- Land tenure --- Leases --- Propriété foncière --- Baux --- History --- Histoire --- Business & Economics --- Real Estate, Housing & Land Use --- 338 <09> --- Economische geschiedenis --- 338 <09> Economische geschiedenis --- Propriété foncière --- Commercial law --- Contracts --- Conveyancing --- Land titles --- Possessory interests in land --- Real property --- Hire --- Landlord and tenant --- Lease or buy decisions --- Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use, Rural --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom --- Law and legislation --- Europe [Western ] --- To 1500 --- North Sea Region --- 16th century --- History. --- Land tenure - Europe, Western - History - To 1500 --- Land tenure - North Sea Region - History - To 1500 --- Land tenure - Europe, Western - History - 16th century --- Land tenure - North Sea Region - History - 16th century --- Leases - Europe, Western - History - To 1500 --- Leases - North Sea Region - History - To 1500 --- Leases - Europe, Western - History - 16th century --- Leases - North Sea Region - History - 16th century --- Fermage --- Histoire économique --- Mer du Nord (région) --- 1200-1600 --- Europe du Nord