Changing Values in Medieval Scotland - Elizabeth Gemmill, Nicholas Mayhew

Changing Values in Medieval Scotland

A Study of Prices, Money, and Weights and Measures
Buch | Softcover
444 Seiten
2006
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-02709-0 (ISBN)
56,10 inkl. MwSt
This 1995 book is a full-scale study of prices in medieval Scotland, c.1260–1542, which includes detailed discussions of coinage, and weights and measures. This was the first complete study to have been undertaken on Scots medieval prices.
This 1995 book is a full-scale study of prices in medieval Scotland, c.1260–1542, which includes detailed discussions of coinage, and weights and measures. Nearly 6,000 prices are listed individually, average prices are calculated for each commodity, and for groups of commodities such as cereals and livestock. Scots prices are compared with English, and the significance of the data for the economic history of medieval Scotland is analysed fully. This was the first complete study to have been undertaken on Scots medieval prices.

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Price trends in medieval Scotland; 2. Prices in medieval Aberdeen with appendix of documents; 3. Weights and measures; 4. Currency; 5. The price of victual and needful merchandise; 6. Prices and the Scottish economy, 1260–1540; Glossary of unusual terms; Select bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 22.6.2006
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 228 mm
Gewicht 658 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10 0-521-02709-8 / 0521027098
ISBN-13 978-0-521-02709-0 / 9780521027090
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