Andrew Hinde is Senior Lecturer in Population Studies at the University of Southampton, UK

• 1 Introduction; Part 1 The Medieval Period; 2 Domesday England; 3 Population change between 1086 and the Black Death; 4 The Black Death and its aftermath; 5 The population of England in the fifteenth century; Appendix 1: Sources and methods for learning about the population of medieval England. Part II Early Modern Period; 6 The Malthusian system; 7 English mortality and population growth 1500-1750; 8 The Malthusian preventive check in early modern England; 9 Childbearing in early modern England; 10 Causes and consequences of migration; Appendix II Sources and methods for studying the population of early modern England; Part III The English demographic Transition; 11 Population growth after 1750; 12 The decline of mortality; 13 The decline of fertility; 14 Migration patterns 1800-1950; Appendix III Sources and methods for studying the population of nineteenth and early-twentieth century England

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