Shaping medieval markets : the organisation of commodity markets in Holland, c. 1200-c. 1450 /
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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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Colección: | Global economic history series ;
v. 8. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.