enclosure
Let an agent explain enclosure as land and historical process, relay history, legal mechanisms, economic and social effects from historical sources with debates attributed, describe hunting enclosures and the enclosure movement, and distinguish enclosure from commons, fencing generally, land grabbing and the Highland Clearances.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain enclosure as land and historical process, relay history, legal mechanisms, economic and social effects from historical sources with debates attributed, describe hunting enclosures and the enclosure movement, and distinguish enclosure from commons, fencing generally, land grabbing and the Highland Clearances.
An area of land enclosed by a fence, wall or hedge, and in history the process of enclosure by which open fields and common land, especially in England, were consolidated into private holdings, through agreements and from the 17th century by Acts of Parliament, over 5000 enclosure acts between 1604 and 1914, with major effects on agriculture, rural communities and access rights; a hunting enclosure such as a medieval deer park is a related kind of enclosed area. Historians debate the economic gains and social costs.
What it is for: Consolidating and bounding land.
It can be explain the process; relay history with attribution; describe named kinds; distinguish related concepts.
Distinguishing features
Ends common rights
Private consolidation
Parliamentary process
Debated effects
What it looks like
Fields bounded by hedges, walls or fences, sometimes regular in shape from parliamentary enclosure.
Physical character
enclosure acts: over 5000 count - 1604-1914, commonly cited
General Inclosure Act: 1845 year
land enclosed by act: about 6.8 million acres area - commonly cited estimate
How it is recognised
Enclosed land and the historical enclosure process
Hunting enclosure, enclosure movement, Inclosure Acts
Commons are shared land; fencing is the physical barrier; land grabbing is a modern term; the Highland Clearances were evictions in Scotland
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with -
includes - as hunting enclosure
is related to -
In practice
Families and kinds
parliamentary enclosure
enclosure by agreement
Tudor enclosure
hunting enclosures and deer parks
global enclosure of commons
Standards and regulation
Inclosure Acts
Commons Act 2006 in England and Wales
Rights of way law
Failure modes and hazards
One-sided framing of economic benefits or social harms
Confusing enclosure and clearances
Ignoring access rights today
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.enclosure-communication
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What enclosure is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is enclosure, and how does it differ from commons, fencing, land grabbing and the Highland Clearances? definition
- Is the question about history, law, landscape or access rights today? boundary
Kinds
Named kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What were hunting enclosures and the enclosure movement? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
History History.
Attribution.
Process
Process.
Process
Process.
- How did enclosure by agreement and by Act of Parliament work? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Debates
Debates.
Debates
Debates.
- How do historians assess the productivity gains and social costs of enclosure, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Law Law and access.
Regulation.
Acts
Inclosure Acts.
Acts
Acts.
- What did the Inclosure Acts provide? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Access
Access today.
Access
Access.
- How do commons registration and rights of way protect access today? provenance
- Which entry fits right to roam? action
Context Culture and ideas.
Context.
Protest
Protest.
Protest
Protest.
- How did people resist enclosure, from Kett s Rebellion to John Clare s poetry? provenance
- Which entry fits Kett s Rebellion? action
Theory
Commons theory.
Theory
Theory.
- How do economists and theorists discuss enclosure of the commons today? provenance
- Which entry fits tragedy of the commons? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the enclosure movement and enclosed land be separate entries?
- How should historical sources be linked?
- How should global enclosure debates be presented?