1. Unreal Wages : Long-Run Living Standards and the ‘Golden Age’ of the Fifteenth Century

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Tables viii
5. List of Contributors ix
6. List of Abbreviations x
7. Richard Britnell : An Appreciation xi
8. 1. Unreal Wages : Long-Run Living Standards and the ‘Golden Age’ of the Fifteenth Century 1
9. 2. Minimum Wages and Unemployment Rates in Medieval England : The Case of Old Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 1256–1357 25
10. 3. Crisis Management in London’s Food Supply, 1250–1500 45
11. 4. Grain Shortages in Late Medieval Towns 63
12. 5. Market Regulation in Fifteenth-Century England 81
13. 6. Self-Government in the Small Towns of Late Medieval England 107
14. 7. Marketing and Trading Networks in Medieval Durham 129
15. 8. Peasant Opportunities in Rural Durham : Land, Vills and Mills, 1400–1500 141
16. 9. The Shipmaster as Entrepreneur in Medieval England 165
17. 10. Cheating the Boss : Robert Carpenter’s Embezzlement Instructions (1261×1268) and Employee Fraud in Medieval England 183
18. 11. The Public Life of the Private Charter in Thirteenth-Century England 199
19. 12. Luxury Goods in Medieval England 217
20. Index of People and Places 239
21. Bibliography of the Writings of Richard Britnell 249
22. Tabula Gratulatoria 256