Medievalists.net » Fairs http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Shops and Shopping in Britain: from market stalls to chain stores http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/29/shops-and-shopping-in-britain-from-market-stalls-to-chain-stores/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/29/shops-and-shopping-in-britain-from-market-stalls-to-chain-stores/#comments Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:06:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45371 The first retail shops, as opposed to those of craftsmen and artisans selling goods they made themselves, were drapers, mercers, haberdashers and grocers.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/29/shops-and-shopping-in-britain-from-market-stalls-to-chain-stores/feed/ 0 Medieval Fairs: an archaeologist’s approach http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/30/medieval-fairs-an-archaeologists-approach/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/30/medieval-fairs-an-archaeologists-approach/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:23:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36106 This paper intends to explore some of the possibilities offered by the physical and conceptual structures of fairs towards the interpretation of medieval culture from the viewpoint of an archaeologist working largely in southern Italy.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/30/medieval-fairs-an-archaeologists-approach/feed/ 0 Medieval Market Design: Product Grouping on Medieval Fairs http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/23/medieval-market-design-product-grouping-on-medieval-fairs/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/23/medieval-market-design-product-grouping-on-medieval-fairs/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:18:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26570 Medieval Market Design: Product Grouping on Medieval Fairs Boerner, Lars (Humboldt University Berlin) Paper given at the European Historical Economics Society Conference (2005) Abstract This paper presents insights into the market microstructure of the late Middle Ages, particularly the market design of medieval fairs. It shows that different product genres were grouped. This grouping was […]

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