Titre : Forests in the county of Nantes in the 15th century: state of the art and perspectives 

Auteurs : Brice RABOT,  

Revue : Archaeology, Society and Environment 

Numéro : Issue 1 

Volume : 4 

Date : 2024/06/24 

DOI : 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1175 

ISSN : 2752-4507 

Résumé : Forests in the county of Nantes during the 15th century have long considered as badly handled and maintained. Seigniorial accounts lead to ask some new questions. This paper aims to sum up issues and current researches in order to take another look at this question. Tensions are increasing in the end of the Middle Ages, with several crises on territories and societies linked with the destructions of war and depredations. By studying seigniorial accounts historians could enlighten very contrasting situations depending on the main trade roads. In this special case, livestock farming is developed and put pressure on forest territories with glandees and panages. Other topics such as hunting and enclosed parks are unevenly informed by seigniorial accounts. There is a lack of field investigations to study more precisely these themes. 

Éditeur : ISTE OpenScience