Medieval Market Morality

Life, Law and Ethics in the English Marketplace, 1200–1500

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James Davis

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This important study examines the market trade of medieval England 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.

Author Biography:

James Davis is Lecturer in Medieval History in the School of History and Anthropology at Queen's University Belfast.

Release date Australia

January 23rd, 2014

Author

James Davis

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

17 Tables, black and white; 18 Halftones, unspecified; 11 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

534

Dimensions

152x229x27

ISBN-13

9781107633124

Product ID

21655622

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