Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 447 p)
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ill., maps
ISBN:
9789004201491
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9789004201484
Series Statement:
Global economic history series v. 8
Content:
1.Holland: a commercialising economy --An institutional approach --Research questions --THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: TRADE VENUES --Fairs --Fairs and transaction costs --Fairs in Holland: a chronological reconstruction --Economic function --Power and politics --Rural markets c. 1200-c. 1350: a late start? --Urban intrusion or urban attraction --Lords and their involvement with rural markets --New institutions for rural trade (c. 1350-c. 1450) --Seaside fish markets and the sea-fish trade --Rural weigh houses and the dairy trade --The Dordrecht staple --The Dordrecht staple in an international perspective --Dordrecht and its neighbours --THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: RULES AND PRACTICES --Weighing and measuring --Control over weights and measures --Standards and standardisation --Enforcement --Contract enforcement --Merchant guilds --From divine judgement to schepenkenning --Sureties --Public registration of debts ----MARKET PERFORMANCE: QUANTITATIVE TESTS --Market integration --The impact of institutional and non-institutional factors --Methods and data --Price volatility --Price integration --Market orientation --Holland --Flanders --England --Conclusions --Endogenous factors --Exogenous factors --Commodity markets and factor markets --Survey of fairs --Rural weigh houses in the north of Holland around 1400 --Charters of urban liberties --Wheat prices.PART I.2.3.4.5.PART II.6.7.PART III.8.9.10.Appendices --
Content:
In the late Middle Ages the county of Holland experienced a process of uncommonly rapid commercialisation. Comparing Holland to England and Flanders this book examines how the institutions that shaped commodity markets contributed to this remarkable development
Note:
Available to subscribing member institutions only
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004201484
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dijkman, Jessica Shaping medieval markets Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004201484.i-447
