| Abstract: | Although much work has been undertaken on urban rank-size distribution, their rural counterparts have generally been ignored. This paper considers the rank-size distributions disclosed by medieval English taxation documents, both in one county through time and in contrasting counties at one date in the 14th century. It finds that the distributions tend to be curved in a convex-upward fashion on double-logarithmic paper regardless of date, area chosen, or documents used. This appears to be the result of a right-skewed frequency distribution of settlement size. |
