| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 447 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Global economic history series,
1872-5155 ;
v. 8
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Global economic history series ; v. 8.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- g Part I. Institutional framework: trade venues -- 2. Fairs -- 3. Rural markets c. 1200-c. 1350: a late start? -- 4. New institutions for rural trade (c. 1350-c. 1450) -- 5. Dordrecht staple -- Dordrecht staple in an international perspective -- Dordrecht and its neighbours -- Part II. Institutional framework: rules and practices -- 6. Weighing and measuring -- 7. Contract enforcement -- Part III. Market performance: quantitative tests -- 8. Market integration -- 9. Market orientation -- 10. Conclusions -- Appendix A. Survey of fairs -- Appendix B. Rural weigh houses in the north of Holland around 1400 -- Appendix C. Charters of urban liberties -- Appendix D. Wheat prices. |
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1. Holland: a commercialising economy -- An institutional approach -- Research questions -- PART I. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: TRADE VENUES -- 2. Fairs -- Fairs and transaction costs -- Fairs in Holland: a chronological reconstruction -- Economic function -- Power and politics -- 3. Rural markets c. 1200-c. 1350: a late start? -- Urban intrusion or urban attraction -- Lords and their involvement with rural markets -- 4. New institutions for rural trade (c. 1350-c. 1450) -- Seaside fish markets and the sea-fish trade -- Rural weigh houses and the dairy trade -- 5. Dordrecht staple -- Dordrecht staple in an international perspective -- Dordrecht and its neighbours -- PART II. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: RULES AND PRACTICES -- 6. Weighing and measuring -- Control over weights and measures -- Standards and standardisation -- Enforcement -- 7. Contract enforcement -- Merchant guilds -- From divine judgement to schepenkenning -- Sureties -- Public registration of debts -- -- PART III. MARKET PERFORMANCE: QUANTITATIVE TESTS -- 8. Market integration -- Impact of institutional and non-institutional factors -- Methods and data -- Price volatility -- Price integration -- 9. Market orientation -- Holland -- Flanders -- England -- 10. Conclusions -- Endogenous factors -- Exogenous factors -- Commodity markets and factor markets -- Appendices -- Survey of fairs -- Rural weigh houses in the north of Holland around 1400 -- Charters of urban liberties -- Wheat prices. |
| Summary |
In the late Middle Ages the county of Holland experienced a process of uncommonly rapid commercialisation. Comparing Holland to England and Flanders this book examines how the institutions that shaped commodity markets contributed to this remarkable development. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Netherlands -- Commerce -- History -- To 1500.
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Netherlands. |
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Commerce. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Commodity exchanges -- Netherlands -- History -- To 1500.
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Commodity exchanges. |
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Markets -- Netherlands -- History -- To 1500.
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Markets. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dijkman, Jessica. Shaping medieval markets. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9789004201484 (DLC) 2011022975 (OCoLC)730114568 |
| ISBN |
9789004201491 (electronic book) |
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9004201491 (electronic book) |
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9789004201484 |
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9004201483 |
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