IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1316: Famine, Dearth, and Food Supply in the Mediterranean World: New Approaches from Catalonian Evidence, III
Wednesday 6 July 2016, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Project 'Mercados alimenticios en la Edad Media: actores, mecanismos y dinámicas' (HAR2012-31802, MINECO, Gobierno de España), Universitat de Lleida / Departament d'Història, Medieval Paleografia i Diplomàtica, Universitat de Barcelona |
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| Organisers: | Pere Benito i Monclús, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida Rosa Lluch Bramon, Departament d'Història Medieval, Paleografia i Diplomàtica, Universitat de Barcelona Antoni Riera i Melis, Departament d'Història Medieval, Paleografia i Diplomàtica, Universitat de Barcelona |
| Moderator/Chair: | Flocel Sabaté Curull, Grup de Recerca en Estudis Medievals ‘Espai, Poder i Cultura’, Universitat de Lleida |
| Paper 1316-a | The Bread as a Strategic Foodstuff: Demand and Consumption of Bread in the Late Medieval Catalan Cities (Language: Español) Index terms: Economics - General, Social History |
| Paper 1316-b | Fighting Famine in Towns and Cities of the Crown of Aragon, 14th to 15th Century: The Almodí and Its Function (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Economics - Urban |
| Paper 1316-c | Meat Supply, Scarcity, and Conflict in Barcelona at the End of Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Urban, Social History |
| Abstract | The study of food supply systems is enjoying some popularity in connection to the thriving study of the history of markets, which has increased awareness about the importance of distribution networks in preindustrial times. On the basis of mostly unexplored documentation available in Catalonia, the papers grouped in this session study different aspects of medieval food supply systems in this region: from its origin and structuration in the early Middle Ages, to its functioning and eventual failures in both urban and rural contexts. |