Changing Values in Medieval Scotland

A Study of Prices, Money, and Weights and Measures
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-521-02709-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 441 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 716 g

This is a full-scale study of prices in medieval Scotland, c. 1260-1542, which includes detailed discussions of coinage, and weights and measures. Nearly 6,000 prices are listed individually, average prices are calculated for each commodity, and for groups of commodities such as cereals and livestock. Scots prices are compared with English, and the significance of the data for the economic history of medieval Scotland is analysed fully. This is the only complete study to have been undertaken on Scots medieval prices, and there is no comparable work on Scottish medieval economic history in print.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gemmill, Elizabeth

Mayhew, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Price trends in medieval Scotland; 2. Prices in medieval Aberdeen with appendix of documents; 3. Weights and measures; 4. Currency; 5. The price of victual and needful merchandise; 6. Prices and the Scottish economy, 1260-1540; Glossary of unusual terms; Select bibliography; Index.