TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davis, James
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012//
TI  - Medieval market morality: life, law and ethics in the English marketplace, 1200-1500
PB  - Cambridge Univ. Press
CY  - Cambridge [u.a.]
KW  - Markt
KW  - Ambulanter Handel
KW  - Marktmechanismus
KW  - Ethik
KW  - Mittelalter
KW  - England
KW  - Markets
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Retail trade
KW  - Cities and towns, Medieval
KW  - Social history
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Social life and customs
AB  - "This important new study examines the market trade of medieval England from a new perspective, by providing a wide-ranging critique of the moral and legal imperatives that underpinned retail trade. James Davis shows how market-goers were influenced not only by practical and economic considerations of price, quality, supply and demand, but also by the moral and cultural environment within which such deals were conducted. This book draws on a broad range of cross-disciplinary evidence, from the literary works of William Langland and the sermons of medieval preachers, to state, civic and guild laws, Davis scrutinises everyday market behaviour through case studies of small and large towns, using the evidence of manor and borough courts. From these varied sources, Davis teases out the complex relationship between morality, law and practice and demonstrates that even the influence of contemporary Christian ideology was not necessarily incompatible with efficient and profitable everyday commerce"--
SN  - 9781107003439
LA  - English
N1  - James Davis
ID  - 1618703218
ER  -