Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 447 pages)
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9789004201491
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9004201491
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9789004201484
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9004201483
Series Statement:
Global economic history series v. 8
Content:
1.Holland: a commercialising economy --An institutional approach --Research questions --PART I.THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: TRADE VENUES --2.Fairs --Fairs and transaction costs --Fairs in Holland: a chronological reconstruction --Economic function --Power and politics --3.Rural markets c. 1200-c. 1350: a late start? --Urban intrusion or urban attraction --Lords and their involvement with rural markets --4.New institutions for rural trade (c. 1350-c. 1450) --Seaside fish markets and the sea-fish trade --Rural weigh houses and the dairy trade --5.The Dordrecht staple --The Dordrecht staple in an international perspective --Dordrecht and its neighbours --PART II.THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: RULES AND PRACTICES --6.Weighing and measuring --Control over weights and measures --Standards and standardisation --Enforcement --7.Contract enforcement --Merchant guilds --From divine judgement to schepenkenning --Sureties --Public registration of debts ----PART III.MARKET PERFORMANCE: QUANTITATIVE TESTS --8.Market integration --The impact of institutional and non-institutional factors --Methods and data --Price volatility --Price integration --9.Market orientation --Holland --Flanders --England --10.Conclusions --Endogenous factors --Exogenous factors --Commodity markets and factor markets --Appendices --Survey of fairs --Rural weigh houses in the north of Holland around 1400 --Charters of urban liberties --Wheat prices.
Content:
1.Introduction -- g Part I.The institutional framework: trade venues --2.Fairs --3.Rural markets c. 1200-c. 1350: a late start? --4.New institutions for rural trade (c. 1350-c. 1450) --5.The Dordrecht staple --The Dordrecht staple in an international perspective --Dordrecht and its neighbours --Part II.The institutional framework: rules and practices --6.Weighing and measuring --7.Contract enforcement --Part III.Market performance: quantitative tests --8.Market integration --9.Market orientation --10.Conclusions --Appendix A.Survey of fairs --Appendix B.Rural weigh houses in the north of Holland around 1400 --Appendix C.Charters of urban liberties --Appendix D.Wheat prices.
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:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004201484
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dijkman, Jessica Shaping medieval markets Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011
Language:
English
Keywords:
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