Dodds / Liddy Commercial Activity, Markets and Entrepreneurs in the Middle Ages

Essays in Honour of Richard Britnell
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84615-988-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

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.

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

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

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.