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Of sagas and sheep: Toward a historical anthropology of social change and production for market, subsistence and tribute in early Iceland

Medievalists.net — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:50:13 +0000

This dissertation deals with the formation of chiefdoms, communities, ecclesiastical institutions and state, and with production for market, subsistence and tribute in early Iceland in the context of climatic change and ecological succession.

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Did Purchasing Power Parity Hold in Medieval Europe?

Medievalists.net — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:22:52 +0000

This paper employs a unique, hand-collected dataset of exchange rates for five major currencies (the lira of Barcelona, the pound sterling of England, the pond groot of Flanders, the florin of Florence and the livre tournois of France) to consider whether the law of one price and purchasing power parity held in Europe during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.

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Shops and Shopping in Britain: from market stalls to chain stores

Medievalists.net — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:06:34 +0000

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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Into the frontier: medieval land reclamation and the creation of new societies. Comparing Holland and the Po Valley, 800-1500

Medievalists.net — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:15:15 +0000

In the paper it is shown that medieval land reclamation led to the emergence of two very divergent societies, characterised by a number of different configurations; (a) power and property structure, (b) modes of exploitation, (c) economic portfolios, and (d) commodity markets.

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The tailors of London and their guild, c.1300-1500

Medievalists.net — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:44:12 +0000

The unusually full medieval records of the guild of London tailors, known from 1503 as the Merchant Taylors' Company, provides a rare opportunity to assess the variety of roles which these organisations played in late-medieval London.

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Medieval Fairs: an archaeologist’s approach

Medievalists.net — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:23:03 +0000

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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Medieval Market Design: Product Grouping on Medieval Fairs

Medievalists.net — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:18:45 +0000

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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