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Author Dijkman, Jessica

Title Shaping medieval markets : the organisation of commodity markets in Holland, c. 1200-c. 1450 / by Jessica Dijkman
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 447 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Global economic history series, 1872-5155 ; v. 8
Global economic history series ; v. 8.
Contents 1. Introduction -- g Part I. The institutional framework: trade venues -- 2. Fairs -- 3. Rural markets c. 1200-c. 1350: a late start? -- 4. New institutions for rural trade (c. 1350-c. 1450) -- 5. The Dordrecht staple -- The Dordrecht staple in an international perspective -- Dordrecht and its neighbours -- Part II. The institutional framework: rules and practices -- 6. Weighing and measuring -- 7. Contract enforcement -- Part III. Market performance: quantitative tests -- 8. Market integration -- 9. Market orientation -- 10. Conclusions -- 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
1. Holland: a commercialising economy -- An institutional approach -- Research questions -- PART I. THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: TRADE VENUES -- 2. Fairs -- Fairs and transaction costs -- Fairs in Holland: a chronological reconstruction -- Economic function -- Power and politics -- 3. Rural markets c. 1200-c. 1350: a late start? -- Urban intrusion or urban attraction -- Lords and their involvement with rural markets -- 4. New institutions for rural trade (c. 1350-c. 1450) -- Seaside fish markets and the sea-fish trade -- Rural weigh houses and the dairy trade -- 5. The Dordrecht staple -- The Dordrecht staple in an international perspective -- Dordrecht and its neighbours -- PART II. THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: RULES AND PRACTICES -- 6. Weighing and measuring -- Control over weights and measures -- Standards and standardisation -- Enforcement -- 7. Contract enforcement -- Merchant guilds -- From divine judgement to schepenkenning -- Sureties -- Public registration of debts -- -- PART III. MARKET PERFORMANCE: QUANTITATIVE TESTS -- 8. Market integration -- The impact of institutional and non-institutional factors -- Methods and data -- Price volatility -- Price integration -- 9. Market orientation -- Holland -- Flanders -- England -- 10. Conclusions -- Endogenous factors -- Exogenous factors -- Commodity markets and factor markets -- Appendices -- Survey of fairs -- Rural weigh houses in the north of Holland around 1400 -- Charters of urban liberties -- Wheat prices
Summary In the late Middle Ages the county of Holland experienced a process of uncommonly rapid commercialisation. Comparing Holland to England and Flanders this book examines how the institutions that shaped commodity markets contributed to this remarkable development
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Commodity exchanges -- Netherlands -- History -- To 1500
Markets -- Netherlands -- History -- To 1500
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Investments & Securities -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
Commerce
Commodity exchanges
Markets
SUBJECT Netherlands -- Commerce -- History -- To 1500
Subject Netherlands
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004201491
9004201491