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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141116303321

Autore

Dijkman Jessica

Titolo

Shaping medieval markets [[electronic resource] ] : the organisation of commodity markets in Holland, c. 1200-c. 1450 / / by Jessica Dijkman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-52152-0

9786613833976

90-04-20149-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (463 p.)

Collana

Global economic history series, , 1872-5155 ; ; v. 8

Disciplina

332.64/4094920902

Soggetti

Commodity exchanges - Netherlands - History - To 1500

Markets - Netherlands - History - To 1500

Netherlands Commerce History To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The institutional framework : trade venues -- pt. 2. The institutional framework : rules and practices -- pt. 3. Market performance : quantitative tests.

Sommario/riassunto

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.