Medieval Market Morality - Life, Law and Ethics in the English Marketplace, 1200-1500

Informationen zum Autor James Davis is Lecturer in Medieval History in the School of History and Anthropology at Queen's University Belfast. Klappentext An examination of the morality, ethics and laws that underpinned all dealings in the marketplaces of medieval England. Zusammenfassung This examination of the moral economy of medieval markets provides a wide-ranging critique of the ethical and legal foundations of retail trade. It shows how market-goers were influenced not only by practical economic considerations of price! quality! supply and demand! but also by moral values and everyday notions of justice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Images of market trade; 2. Regulation of the market; 3. The behaviour of market traders; 4. An evolving market morality?; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: James Davis, James (Queen''s University Belfast) Davis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2011
• EAN: 9781107003439
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00343-9
• No. of pages: 534
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; England, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Distribution, Economic history, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Retail and wholesale industries