Commercial Activity, Markets and Entrepreneurs in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honour of Richard Britnell

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Commercial Activity, Markets and Entrepreneurs in the Middle Ages

Essays in Honour of Richard Britnell

Edited by: Ben Dodds and Christian D Liddy
With contributions by: C. M. Newman , Christopher Dyer , Derek J Keene , James Davis , James Masschaele , John Hatcher , John Langdon , John S. Lee , Mark Bailey , Martha Carlin , Maryanne Kowaleski and Peter L. Larson

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2011

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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.

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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.Bailey Mark :

MARK BAILEY was recently High Master of St Paul's School, London, and a visiting fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He was previously a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and is now the Professor of Later Medieval History at the University of East Anglia. His numerous publications include Medieval Suffolk. An economic and social history 1200-1500 (2007) and After the Black Death. Economy, society and the law in fourteenth-century England (2021).

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History Historical Periods Medieval History

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Richard Britnell : An Appreciation Ben Dodds and Christian D. Liddy Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. Unreal Wages : Long-Run Living Standards and the ‘Golden Age’ of the Fifteenth Century John Hatcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Minimum Wages and Unemployment Rates in Medieval England : The Case of Old Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 1256–1357 John Langdon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Crisis Management in London’s Food Supply, 1250–1500 Derek Keene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4. Grain Shortages in Late Medieval Towns John S. Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
5. Market Regulation in Fifteenth-Century England James Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
6. Self-Government in the Small Towns of Late Medieval England Mark Bailey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
7. Marketing and Trading Networks in Medieval Durham Christine M. Newman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
8. Peasant Opportunities in Rural Durham : Land, Vills and Mills, 1400–1500 Peter L. Larson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
9. The Shipmaster as Entrepreneur in Medieval England Maryanne Kowaleski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
10. Cheating the Boss : Robert Carpenter’s Embezzlement Instructions (1261×1268) and Employee Fraud in Medieval England Martha Carlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
11. The Public Life of the Private Charter in Thirteenth-Century England James Masschaele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
12. Luxury Goods in Medieval England Christopher Dyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Index of People and Places Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Bibliography of the Writings of Richard Britnell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Tabula Gratulatoria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256

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October 20, 2011

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9781846159886

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Boydell Press

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272

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2 b/w, 5 line illus.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781846159886

eBook ISBN: 9781846159886

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Medieval Economy; Commercialisation; Business Fraud; Luxury Goods; Economic Regulation

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Professional and scholarly;

Commercial Activity, Markets and Entrepreneurs in the Middle Ages

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