Chapter I Development and Colonization of Europe
Ask questions; A solution to the problem
The Starting Point of Choice —— Colonization of Romans and Teutons
Germanic language in Tacitus' works: the problems caused by it
Germanic thirst for land: Germanic attack on empire
Cultivated land policy in the late empire
Barbarian wars, colonists and conquerors within the empire
Western Europe cultivated land development zone
Farmers in the Middle Ages: Types of Villages and Fields
Reclamation and Colonization: Religious and Secular Colonization: Border Colonization
England and Scandinavia: Celts and Slavs
Mediterranean region: Arabs in Spain
The invasion and colonization of Saracens, Vikings and magyars.
Slavs' Life in the East
Western fortification colonization
Population Decline: Spanish and German Colonization
France under the early Capé dynasty: Colonization: Dependent Manor and Villages and Towns: Royal Manor
Low countries and Flemish colonists
Xiduohui
Forest villages: the reclamation of France, Britain and Germany: the eastward expansion of Germans
New villages and cities in the East
Urban and rural
Chapter II Rural Life in the Late Roman Empire
Climatic conditions and agriculture: "dryland agriculture" and deep ploughing
Plough: year of farming and crops: olives and vines.
Achievements of classical agriculture
Geological and climatic conditions in the northern Alps: agriculture and colonization there
Manor House: Politics and Lease Status: Tax Burden: Law in 332 AD
A lease similar to serfdom
The Dilemma and Consequences of the Late Empire
Chapter III Development of Agricultural Technology
Chapter IV 5 —— Agricultural System of Germanic Countries in the 9th Century
Chapter V Agricultural Situation of Byzantium in the Middle Ages
Chapter VI The rise of dependent farming and manor system.
Chapter VII Agricultural Society in the heyday of the Middle Ages
Chapter 8 Crisis: From the Middle Ages to Modern Times