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Shaping Medieval Markets

The Organisation of Commodity Markets in Holland, c. 1200 - c. 1450

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-08-11
Mått160 x 240 x 31 mm
Vikt945 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieGlobal Economic History Series
Antal sidor448
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004201484

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List of TablesList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsPreface1. IntroductionPART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: TRADE VENUES2. Fairs3. Rural markets c. 1200 – c. 1350: a late start?4. New institutions for rural trade (c. 1350 – c. 1450)5. The Dordrecht staplePART II: THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: RULES AND PRACTICES6. Weighing and measuring7. Contract enforcementPART III: MARKET PERFORMANCE: QUANTITATIVE TESTS8. Market integration9. Market orientation10. ConclusionsAPPENDICESAppendix A. Survey of fairsAppendix B. Rural weigh houses in the north of Holland around 1400Appendix C. Charters of urban libertiesAppendix D. Wheat pricesReferencesIndex

"[Shaping medieval markets] deepens our understanding of the economy of Holland. But more than that, Dijkman has succeeded in presenting an original and valuable contribution to the ongoing debates on the institutional preconditions for economic growth in the late middle ages and early modern era." - Job Weststrate, in: Economic History Society, Vol. 66, No. 2 (2013), pp. 664-665"[…] Shaping medieval markets [is] een meer dan voorbeeldige studie […], perfect op het kruispunt van theorie en bron, en een bijzonder inspirerende leidraad voor verder onderzoek naar de oorzaken van economische groei én stagnatie binnen en buiten de Nederlanden." - Jord Hanus, in: Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis / The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History (t-seg), Vol. 9, No. 4 (2012), pp. 83-85