Why did contemporaries engage in such fierce debate over the impact of enclosure in eighteenth century England? The eighteenth century carried a number of problems including inflation, the effects of the French wars, the growth of industry and the demand for more food and this compelled farmers to use all available land in a more productive manor. The main obstacle to improvements in agriculture was thought to be the open field system of farming and …showed first 75 words of 3380 total…

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