| Changing Values in Medieval Scotland: A Study of Prices, Money, and Weights and Measures Contributor(s): Gemmill, Elizabeth (Author), Mayhew, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521027098 ISBN-13: 9780521027090 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $59.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: This 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 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Money & Monetary Policy - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 332.494 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6" W x 9" (1.43 lbs) 444 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
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| Publisher Description: This is a full-scale study of prices in medieval Scotland, c. 1260-1542, which includes detailed discussions of coinage, and weights and measures. Nearly 6000 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 analyzed fully. 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. |
