UID:
almahu_9949701900902882
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 447 pages) :
,
illustrations, maps.
ISBN:
9789004201491
Series Statement:
Global economic history series, v. 8
Content:
The late Middle Ages witnessed the transformation of the county of Holland from a peripheral agrarian region to a highly commercialised and urbanised one. This book examines how the organisation of commodity markets contributed to this remarkable development. Comparing Holland to England and Flanders, the book shows that Holland's specific history of reclamation and settlement had given rise to a favourable balance of powers between state, nobility, towns and rural communities that reduced opportunities for rent-seeking and favoured the rise of efficient markets. This allowed burghers, peasants and fishermen to take full advantage of new opportunities presented by changing economic and ecological circumstances in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.
Note:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Fairs -- Rural markets c. 1200-c. 1350: a late start? -- New institutions for rural trade (c. 1350-c. 1450) -- The Dordrecht staple -- Weighing and Measuring -- Contract enforcement -- Market Integration -- Market Orientation -- Conclusions -- Survey of Fairs -- Rural weigh houses in the north of Holland around 1400 -- Charters of urban liberties -- Wheat prices -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Dijkman, Jessica. Shaping medieval markets. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 ISBN 9789004201484
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.