Apartheid and Economics in Anglo-Saxon England
Apartheid and Economics in Anglo-Saxon England By Alex Woolf Britons in Anglo-Saxon England, edited by Nick Higham (Boydell, 2007) Introduction: When considering and…
Historians and the economy: Zosimus and Procopius on fifth and sixth century economic development
Historians and the economy: Zosimus and Procopius on fifth and sixth century economic development By Hartmut G. Ziche Published Online Introduction: The economy…
Disaster and Recovery: The Black Death in Western Europe
Disaster and Recovery: The Black Death in Western Europe By Jack Hirschleifer (Rand Corporation, 1966) Summary: The Black Death – the great plague…
Microbes and Markets: Was the Black Death an Economic Revolution?
Microbes and Markets: Was the Black Death an Economic Revolution? By Gregory Clark Published Online (2001) Abstract: Did the Black Death have any effects…
Before and after the Black Death: money, prices, and wages in fourteenth-century England
One of the most common myths in European economic history, and indeed in Economics itself, is that the Black Death of 1347-48, followed by other waves of bubonic plague, led to an abrupt rise in real wages, for both agricultural labourers and urban artisans – one that led to the so-called ‘Golden Age of the English Labourer’, lasting until the early 16th century.
National Income in Domesday England
National Income in Domesday England By James T. Walker Paper from Henley Business School, Reading University (2008) Abstract: The Domesday Survey provides the…
The Domesday Economy of England, 1086
Some 900 years ago, a remarkable survey was undertaken. The survey, which has become known as the Domesday Survey, was ordered by the King of England, William (the Conqueror).
Domesday Book as an Example of Embryonic Weberian Administration in a Patrimonial State
Domesday Book as an Example of Embryonic Weberian Administration in a Patrimonial State By Michael Jones Sixth Asia-Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference…
Economic Growth and Currency in Ayyūbid Palestine
Economic Growth and Currency in Ayyūbid Palestine By Stefan Heidemann Ayyūbid Jerusalem: The Holy City in Context, 1187-1250, edited by Robert Hillenbrand and…
The Viking Slave Trade
Slavery was a feature of Irish society long before the vikings arrived. St Patrick was first brought to Ireland as a captive, and slave raiding across the Irish Sea is attested (in both directions) at the time when Roman power collapsed in Britain.
Interview with Richard Britnell
Richard Britnell, professor emeritus at Durham University, is a renowned medieval historian in the area of economic and social history for medieval England and the British Isles. We speak to him about his research, including his latest book – Land and Family. Trends and Local Variations in the Peasant Land Market on the Winchester Bishopric Estates, 1263-1415.
Cumque nullus rusticorum fugitivo obediret: Exile, Gift-Giving, and Marriage Policy in Eleventh-Century Poland and Rus’
“Exile, Gift Giving, and Marriage Policy in Eleventh Century Poland and Rus” Session: Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages – May 13th By…
The Black Death and Property Rights
The Black Death visited unprecedented mortality rates on Europe, realigning relative values of factors of production, and in consequence the costs and benefits of defining and enforcing property rights.
Indicators of craft specialisation in medieval ceramics from north-west Russia
Indicators of craft specialisation in medieval ceramics from north-west Russia By Clive Orton The Archaeology of Medieval Novgorod in its Wider Context: A…
Norse Greenland Settlement: Reflections on Climate Change, Trade, and The Contrasting Fates of Human Settlements in the North Atlantic Islands
Norse Greenland Settlement: Reflections on Climate Change, Trade, and The Contrasting Fates of Human Settlements in the North Atlantic Islands By Andrew J.…
The First Globalization Episode: The Creation of the Mongol Empire, or the Economics of Chinggis Khan
The First Globalization Episode: The Creation of the Mongol Empire, or the Economics of Chinggis Khan By Ronald Findlay and Mats Lundahl Online…
Medieval Microcredit? Pledging and Rural Credit in England During the Middle Ages
How did credit markets emerged in medieval England? This is the puzzle addressed in this paper.
Coinage and Monetary Policies in Burgundian Flanders during the late-medieval ‘Bullion Famines’, 1384 – 1482
Coinage and Monetary Policies in Burgundian Flanders during the late-medieval ‘Bullion Famines’, 1384 – 1482 By John Munro Published Online (2009) Abstract: This paper…
The Purpose of Domesday Book: a Quandary
The Purpose of Domesday Book: a Quandary Kapelle, William Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 9 (1992) Abstract In 1086 the Normans made a…
The Financial Reforms of Sultan Qāytbāy
The Financial Reforms of Sultan Qāytbāy By Igarashi Daisuke Mamluk Studies Review, Vol.13:1 (2009) Introduction: The expansion of the Ottoman Empire from the middle of…
Medieval Economics for the Peasant
The first part of the podcast provides an overview of how a typical medieval economy worked, including the role of guilds, knights and peasants.
The Economic Role of the State in the Classical Islamic Literature: The Views of Ibn Taimiyah
The Economic Role of the State in the Classical Islamic Literature: The Views of Ibn Taimiyah By Bassam Abu Al-Foul, and Mohamed Soliman Digest of…