Shaping Medieval Markets
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Contents
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Preface
1. Introduction
1.1 Holland: a commercialising economy
1.2 An institutional approach
1.3 Research questions
PART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: TRADE VENUES
2. Fairs
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Fairs and transaction costs
2.3 Fairs in Holland: a chronological reconstruction
2.4 Economic function
2.5 Power and politics
2.6 Conclusions
3. Rural markets c. 1200–c. 1350: a late start?
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Urban intrusion or urban attraction
3.3 Lords and their involvement with rural markets
3.4 Conclusions
4. New institutions for rural trade (c. 1350–c. 1450)
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Seaside fish markets and the sea-fish trade
4.3 Rural weigh houses and the dairy trade
4.4 Conclusions
5. The Dordrecht staple
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Dordrecht staple in an international perspective
5.3 Dordrecht and its neighbours
5.4 Conclusions
PART II: THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: RULES AND PRACTICES
6. Weighing and measuring
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Control over weights and measures
6.3 Standards and standardisation
6.4 Enforcement
6.5 Conclusions
7. Contract enforcement
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Merchant guilds
7.3 From divine judgement to schepenkenning
7.4 Sureties
7.5 Public registration of debts
7.6 Conclusions
PART III: MARKET PERFORMANCE: QUANTITATIVE TESTS
8. Market integration
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The impact of institutional and
non-institutional factors
8.3 Methods and data
8.4 Price volatility
8.5 Price integration
8.6 Conclusions
9. Market orientation
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Holland
9.3 Flanders
9.4 England
9.5 Conclusions
10. Conclusions
10.1 Endogenous factors
10.2 Exogenous factors
10.3 Commodity markets and factor markets
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
References
Index
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