Commercial Activity, Markets and Entrepreneurs in the Middle Ages

Essays in Honour of Richard Britnell
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84383-684-1
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

Numerous aspects of the medieval economy are covered in this new collection of essays, from business fraud and changes in wages to the production of luxury goods.

Long dominated by theories of causation involving class conflict and Malthusian crisis, the field of medieval economic history has been transformed in recent years by a better understanding of the process of commercialisation. Inrecognition of the important work in this area by Richard Britnell, this volume of essays brings together studies by historians from both sides of the Atlantic on fundamental aspects of the medieval commercial economy. From examinations of high wages, minimum wages and unemployment, through to innovative studies of consumption and supply, business fraud, economic regulation, small towns, the use of charters, and the role of shipmasters and peasants as entrepreneurs, this collection is essential reading for the student of the medieval economy.

Contributors: John Hatcher, John Langdon, Derek Keene, John S. Lee, James Davis, Mark Bailey, Christine M. Newman, Peter L. Larson, Maryanne Kowaleski, Martha Carlin, James Masschaele, Christopher Dyer

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dodds, Ben

Liddy, Christian D

Weitere Mitwirkende

Newman, C. M.

Dyer, Christopher

Keene, Derek J

Davis, James

Masschaele, James

Hatcher, John

Langdon, John

Lee, John S.

Bailey, Mark

Carlin, Martha

Kowaleski, Maryanne

Larson, Peter L.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Richard Britnell: An Appreciation
Unreal Wages: Long-run Living Standards and the 'Golden Age' of the Fifteenth Century - John Hatcher
Minimum Wages and Unemployment Rates in Medieval England: The Case of Old Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 1256-1357 - John Langdon
Crisis Management in London's Food Supply, 1250-1500 - Derek J Keene
Grain Shortages in Late Medieval Towns - John S. Lee
Market Regulation in Fifteenth-Century England - James Davis
Self-Government in the Small Towns of Late Medieval England - Mark Bailey
Marketing and Trading Networks in Medieval Durham - C. M. Newman
Peasant Opportunities in Rural Durham: Land, Vills and Mills 1400-1500 - Peter L. Larson
The Shipmaster as Entrepreneur in Medieval England - Maryanne Kowaleski
Cheating the Boss: Robert Carpenter's Embezzlement Instructions [1261 x 1268], and the Employee Fraud in Medieval England - Martha Carlin
The Public Life of the Private Charter in Thirteenth-Century England - James Masschaele
Luxury Goods in Medieval England - Christopher Dyer
Bibliography of the Writings of Richard Britnell
Tabula Gratulatoria

Über Autor(innen)

Dyer, Christopher
Christopher Dyer is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leicester. He has written, edited, co-authored and co-edited many books, including William Dugdale, Historian, 1605-1686: His Life, his Writings and His County (Boydell, 2009).

Davis, James
James Davis is a reader in medieval history at Queen's University Belfast. He has published widely on the economic and social history of late medieval England, with a focus on markets, trade and small towns.

Contributors: John Hatcher, John Langdon, Derek Keene, John S. Lee, James Davis, Mark Bailey, Christine M. Newman, Peter L. Larson, Maryanne Kowaleski, Martha Carlin, James Masschaele, Christopher Dyer