Shaping medieval markets the organisation of commodity markets in Holland, c. 1200-c. 1450
The late Middle Ages witnessed the transformation of the county of Holland from a peripheral agrarian region to a highly commercialised and urbanised one. This book examines how the organisation of commodity markets contributed to this remarkable development. Comparing Holland to England and Flander...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Global economic history series ;
v. 8. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419779706719 |
| Sumario: | The late Middle Ages witnessed the transformation of the county of Holland from a peripheral agrarian region to a highly commercialised and urbanised one. This book examines how the organisation of commodity markets contributed to this remarkable development. Comparing Holland to England and Flanders, the book shows that Holland’s specific history of reclamation and settlement had given rise to a favourable balance of powers between state, nobility, towns and rural communities that reduced opportunities for rent-seeking and favoured the rise of efficient markets. This allowed burghers, peasants and fishermen to take full advantage of new opportunities presented by changing economic and ecological circumstances in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (463 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283521529 9786613833976 9789004201491 |
