Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry by Thomas Tusser

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Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry by Thomas Tusser

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Published in verse in the sixteenth century, this work by Thomas Tusser (c.1524–80) is structured around the farming calendar, offering information and advice on the cultivation of both open and enclosed land. This significant 1812 edition includes a short biography and detailed annotations by editor William Mavor (1758–1837).

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Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry by Thomas Tusser

A singer and poet as well as a farmer, Thomas Tusser (c.1524–80) first produced his verse manual on farming in the mid-sixteenth century. Since then, it has gone through more than a dozen editions. This 1812 version is a collation of three of the poem's early editions. Editor William Mavor (1758–1837) provides a biographical sketch of Tusser, modernises the work's orthography and punctuation, and includes page-by-page annotations on subject matter and difficult points of language. The work divides into two: the first half, structured around the farming calendar, deals with the cultivation of open and enclosed land, while the second contains 'points of huswifery', arranged loosely around the working day. Tusser writes from the perspective of a tenant farmer, notably placing emphasis on the often overlooked benefits of land enclosure as well as on the role of women in farm labour.
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ISBN 13 9781108066303
ISBN 10 1108066305
Title Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
Author Thomas Tusser
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2013-10-24
Number of pages 420
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