Talk:Enclosure

enclosures -Scotland
One of the most influential events in the development of Canada was the migration of the Scots following the implementation of the enclosure system in Scotland.

As part of my undergraduate studies, I conducted an exercise in migration analysis relating to the events following the Black Plague, which included the replacement of the indigenous population and the Clans in Scotland with sheep enclosures. In retrospect, I am convinced that the sheep were deemed less likely to wear kilts, play bagpipes and follow the likes of William Wallace in burning English garrisons.

I have always been convinced that the implementation of the enclosure system was the turning point in the development of independent thought and determination of the modern individual, without which there could not have been the reformation, the industrial revolution, the telephone, Marshall McLuhan or the internet.

Alas, my essay was lost, however, I would welcome contributions about impact of the implementation of the Enclosures in Scotland and development of the modern independent thinker.

Martin Luther and anti-semitism
Removed the portion that called Martin Luther an anti-Semite. A bit hyperbolic given the article's scope and debatable as to the accuracy of that term here. That can be debated on the Martin Luther page.

Enclosure numbers
Private enclosure had been occurring from Tudor times or before. It has been estimated that in 1700 about half the arable land of Britain was still cultivated on the open-field system. By 1820 there were 'only half a dozen English counties of whose area more than 3% remained to be enclosed from the open-field state by Act of Parliment: and in these a fair part of the remaining work was done before 1830' Before 1760 the number of Acts dealing more specifically with the open-field system (i.e. Acts dealing primarily with arable fields and meadows) did not exceed 130. Between 1760 and 1815 the number rose to upwards of 1800. In 1801 the procedure for statutory enclosure was streamlined by the first General Enclosure Act, which simplified the parliamentary machinery for enclousre of commons, and thus reduced its expense. It has been estimated that between 1727 and 1760 when corn prices were generally low, less than 75,000 acres of common pasture and waste were enclosed by Parliamentary Acts; between 1761-1792 the acreage was not far short of half a million - about 478,000; over the period of the French and Napoleonic Wars it rose to over a million; and in the period of 1816-1845 it fell again to under 200,000 acres. ~ender 2007-06-10 15:00:PM MST

Citation dates in parentheses?
As it stands, this article uses citations of the style Does anyone actually like this style? I would like to change it to unless anyone objects?
 * "Hammond & Hammond 1912, p. 28".
 * "Hammond & Hammond (1912), p. 28"

See also WP:CITEVAR, sfnp and harvp. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 19:12, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I have no objection. Although seems like a lot of work for not much gain. Good luck don't break it. Wilfridselsey (talk) 20:05, 20 March 2024 (UTC)