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Author Threlfall-Holmes, Miranda.

Title Monks and markets : Durham Cathedral Priory, 1460-1520 / Miranda Threlfall-Holmes
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 253 pages) : illustrations
Series OUP E-Books
Contents List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction and Context; 2 The Monastic Diet; 3 Price, Preference, and Purpose: Factors Influencing the Priory's Purchasing Decisions; 4 Tenurial Purchasing; 5 Market Purchasing; 6 The Suppliers of the Priory; 7 Conclusion; Appendix: The surviving obedientiary accounts, 1460-1520; Bibliography; Index
Summary In Monks and Markets Dr Threlfall-Holmes provides a unique insight into medieval consumer behaviour and challenges the view that the middle ages were bound by tradition. Using Durham Cathedral Priory's outstanding archive she discusses diet, the factors influencing purchasing decisions, the priory's use of the market and of tenants, and their suppliers. - ;The institutions of the middle ages are generally seen as tradition-bound; Monks and Markets challenges this assumption. Durham's outstanding archive has allowed the uncovering of an unprecedented level of detail about the purchasing strateg
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244) and index
Notes English
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Subject Durham Cathedral. Priory.
SUBJECT Durham Cathedral. Priory fast
Subject Monasteries -- England -- Durham -- History
Purchasing -- England -- Durham -- History
RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
Monasteries
Purchasing
England -- Durham
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191514470
0191514470
128084678X
9781280846786
9786610846788
6610846782