Time Series on leasehold rent, market society, and agricultural development. Five noble estates between the Rhine and Weser Rivers, 16th to 19th centuries.

The quality and quantity of available sources were decisive for the final selection of the five estates. Additionally, the selection reflects partly the differences of the Westfalian cultural landscape. The research data, which are the basis of the constructed indices and of the resulting analysis are available under the DOI: 10.4232/1.13132.

The offered time series contains the following data: a) descriptive statistics of the collected data, b) nominal leasing rents calculated according to four different calculation methods for each estate respectively, c) an aggregated nominal leasing index of all five estates, d) a Grain- and production price index on the level of Westfalia, and finally e) Real lease indices partly on an annual basis, partly in 5-year periods.

The period under investigation is from 1558 to 1918.