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基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1995. This is the only full study to have been undertaken on Scots medieval prices, and there is no comparable work on Scottish medieval economic history in print.
Full Description
This 1995 book is a full-scale study of prices in medieval Scotland, c.1260-1542, which includes detailed discussions of coinage, and weights and measures. Nearly 6,000 prices are listed individually, average prices are calculated for each commodity, and for groups of commodities such as cereals and livestock. Scots prices are compared with English, and the significance of the data for the economic history of medieval Scotland is analysed fully. This was the first complete study to have been undertaken on Scots medieval prices.
Contents
List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Price trends in medieval Scotland; 2. Prices in medieval Aberdeen with appendix of documents; 3. Weights and measures; 4. Currency; 5. The price of victual and needful merchandise; 6. Prices and the Scottish economy, 1260-1540; Glossary of unusual terms; Select bibliography; Index.