Medieval England : towns, commerce and crafts, 1086-1348
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Medieval England : towns, commerce and crafts, 1086-1348
（Social and economic history of England）
Longman, 1995
- : hard
- : pbk
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"Intended as a complement to "Medieval England : rural society and economic change, 1086-1348""--Pref
Bibliography: p. 430-456
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: hard ISBN 9780582485488
Description
A social and economic history text on medieval industries, trade, towns and townsfolk. This book is intended as a complement to "Medieval England: Rural Society and Economic Change, 1086-1348".
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Domesday Book and beyond: crafts and craftsmen
- trade and traders
- urban beginnings
- conquest and consequences
- the king's rights and the Domesday economy
- the Anglo-Saxon legacy. Part 2 Medieval industries: some characteristics of medieval industries
- some industrial raw materials - wood, leather and clay
- mining and smelting
- the consumer goods industries
- special cases - the building trades
- special cases - the textile industry
- industrial specialization and its limits. Part 3 The inland trade: the background of commerce
- communications
- transport costs
- markets and marketing
- fairs
- markets, fairs and urban development. Part 4 Overseas trade: the 13th century and before
- changes in England's commerce, c. 1303-1348
- the rise of an English merchant class. Part 5 Medieval English towns: some features of medieval English towns
- a period of urban growth, 1086-1348
- boroughs and towns
- municipal development
- town governments
- English towns in the early 14th century. Part 6 Medieval townsfolk: towns and their inhabitants
- the limits of urban solidarity
- the quality of urban life. Part 7 England under the three Edwards, 1272-1348: the economic and social background, 1068-1300
- England before the Black Death - forces of change, c. 1300-1348
- England before the Black Death - economic problems, c. 1300-1348
- crisis or equilibrium?.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780582485495
Description
The only survey of the urban, commercial and industrial history of the period between the Norman conquest and the Black Death.
Table of Contents
List of maps. Abbreviations. A note on medieval English measures & money. Preface & acknowledgements. 1. Domesday Book and beyond. 2. Medieval industries. 3. The inland trade. 4. Overseas trade. 5. Medieval English towns. 6. Medieval townsfolk. 7. England under the three Edwards 1272-1348. Select Bibliography. Index
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