Agrarian

• What did agriculture move towards in 1480s/1490s?

  Sheep farming
• Why did this move happen?


  Increased demand for Wool
• How much did agriculture change in the late 15th and early 16th centuries?

  Little change
• How did farmers traditionally farm?


  Strips of land in open fields, kept animals in shared land
• What risk did sheep farming have?

  Changes to strip system, loss of common land