This book honours the varied and creative career of Joan Thirsk, Fellow of the British Academy and former Reader in Economic History in the University of Oxford. Written largely by Dr Thirsk's former research students, with a diversity of themes, this volume is a fine tribute to Joan Thirsk's work in English social, economic, agrarian and local history in the early modern period.

Written largely by her former research students, this book honours the varied and creative career of Joan Thirsk.