ISBN:
9781107003439
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 514 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
,
24 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Davis, James Medieval market morality
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. bei Cambridge Davis, James Medieval market morality
Dissertation note:
Teilw. zugl.: Cambridge, Jesus College, Ph.D. Thesis
DDC:
381/.109420902
Keywords:
1200-1500
;
Markt
;
Ambulanter Handel
;
Marktmechanismus
;
Ethik
;
Mittelalter
;
England
;
Markets History
;
Retail trade History
;
Cities and towns, Medieval
;
Social history Medieval, 500-1500
;
Ethics History
;
England Social life and customs 1066-1485
;
Hochschulschrift
;
England
;
Markt
;
Marktplatz
;
Mittelalter
;
Alltag
;
Moral
;
Geschichte 1200-1500
;
England
;
Markt
;
Handel
;
Geschichte 1066-1485
Abstract:
"This important new study examines the market trade of medieval England from a new perspective, by providing a wide-ranging critique of the moral and legal imperatives that underpinned retail trade. James Davis shows how market-goers were influenced not only by practical and economic considerations of price, quality, supply and demand, but also by the moral and cultural environment within which such deals were conducted. This book draws on a broad range of cross-disciplinary evidence, from the literary works of William Langland and the sermons of medieval preachers, to state, civic and guild laws, Davis scrutinises everyday market behaviour through case studies of small and large towns, using the evidence of manor and borough courts. From these varied sources, Davis teases out the complex relationship between morality, law and practice and demonstrates that even the influence of contemporary Christian ideology was not necessarily incompatible with efficient and profitable everyday commerce"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Images of market trade; 2. Regulation of the market; 3. The behaviour of market traders; 4. An evolving market morality?; Conclusion; Bibliography.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 459-505. - Index
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