IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 129: 14th-Century Studies, I: Market Practices and Regulation - A Comparative European Perspective
Monday 11 July 2011, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Society for 14th-Century Studies |
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| Organisers: | Catherine Casson, Winton Institute for Monetary History, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford / Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York Jordan Claridge, Department of History & Classics, University of Alberta, Edmonton Jessica Dijkman, Research Institute for History & Culture, Universiteit Utrecht Gwilym Dodd, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Adrian R. Bell, International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Centre, University of Reading |
| Paper 129-a | 'Mine!': Fish Auctioning in Late Medieval Holland (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Economics - Trade, Law, Maritime and Naval Studies |
| Paper 129-b | The Role of Demesnes in the Medieval English Horse Trade (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Economics - Rural, Economics - Trade, Law |
| Paper 129-c | 'For to Gouverne with Wisdom, Pees and Right this Noble City… that no Man Shal Have Cause for to Compleyne': The Quest for Reputation in London, 1400-1500 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Economics - Trade, Economics - Urban, Law |
| Abstract | While the organisation of medieval markets has been extensively studied, the comparative perspective has been relatively neglected. Since markets, like other prominent institutions, are socially embedded, they adapt to local environmental and political conditions. We look at how these adaptations occurred in England, Holland, and Flanders, countries with varying political and social characteristics. This comparison can give us a better understanding of how markets and market regulation were shaped by various actors, such as central government, civic authorities and manors but also merchants, artisans, and peasants, and how this affected overall market performance. |