Commercial Activity, Markets and Entrepreneurs in the Middle Ages

Ben Dodds, Christian D. Liddy

Numerous aspects of the medieval economy are covered in this new collection of essays, from business fraud and changes in wages to the production of luxury goods.

Richard Britnell: An AppreciationUnreal Wages: Long-run Living Standards and the 'Golden Age' of the Fifteenth Century - John HatcherMinimum Wages and Unemployment Rates in Medieval England: The Case of Old Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 1256-1357 - John LangdonCrisis Management in London's Food Supply, 1250-1500 - Derek J KeeneGrain Shortages in Late Medieval Towns - John S. LeeMarket Regulation in Fifteenth-Century England - James DavisSelf-Government in the Small Towns of Late Medieval England - Mark BaileyMarketing and Trading Networks in Medieval Durham - C. M. NewmanPeasant Opportunities in Rural Durham: Land, Vills and Mills 1400-1500 - Peter L. LarsonThe Shipmaster as Entrepreneur in Medieval England - Maryanne KowaleskiCheating the Boss: Robert Carpenter's Embezzlement Instructions [1261 x 1268], and the Employee Fraud in Medieval England - Martha CarlinThe Public Life of the Private Charter in Thirteenth-Century England - James MasschaeleLuxury Goods in Medieval England - Christopher DyerBibliography of the Writings of Richard BritnellTabula Gratulatoria