Mills In The Medieval Economy

Author : John Langdon
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191514753

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Mills in the Medieval Economy by John Langdon Pdf

The late medieval English milling industry epitomizes one of the most important technical achievements of early societies: the exploitation of wind, water and muscle power for augmenting human endeavours. Through a computerized analysis of the number and variety of mills in England from 1300 to 1540, as well as the technology, practices and personnel sustaining them, Langdon reveals the structural evolution of the milling industry, highlighting both its accomplishments and its limitations. Although it focuses on England during the later middle ages, the book's innovative methodologies and original findings will furnish useful comparative material for all scholars investigating pre-industrial societies. It also offers a challenging new perspective on the later middle ages as a time of change, in addition to providing enthusiasts of old technologies generally with a wealth of detail about one of the most recognizable and enduring features of medieval society.

Author : John Langdon
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199265589

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Mills in the Medieval Economy by John Langdon Pdf

This book examines the evolution of mills - whether powered by water, wind, animals or humans - during an important era of English history. It focuses not only on the structures themselves, but also on the people who acted as entrepreneurs, workers, and customers for the industry. Together they created one of the most recognizable and enduring features of medieval society.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004363908

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The Economy of Medieval Hungary by Anonim Pdf

The Economy of Medieval Hungary is the first concise, English-language volume on the economic life of medieval Hungary, covering the structures of economic life, human-nature interactions in production, taxation, money and commerce.

Author : Adam Lucas
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047417224

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Wind, Water, Work by Adam Lucas Pdf

This book is the most comprehensive empirical study to date of the social and technical aspects of milling during the ancient and medieval periods. Drawing on the latest archaeological evidence and historical studies, the book examines the chronological development and technical details of handmills, beast mills, watermills and windmills from the first millennium BCE to c. 1500. It discusses the many and varied uses to which mills were turned in the civilisations of Rome, China, Islam and Europe, and the many types of mill that existed. The book also includes comparative regional studies of the social and economic significance of milling, and tackles several important historiographical issues, such as whether technological stagnation was a characteristic of late Antiquity, whether there was an "industrial revolution" in the European Middle Ages based on waterpower, and how contemporary studies in the social shaping of technology can shed light on the study of pre-modern technology.

Author : M. M. Postan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521088461

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Essays on Medieval Agriculture and General Problems of the Medieval Economy by M. M. Postan Pdf

Includes The economic foundations of medieval society, The rise of a money economy, The chronology of labour services and The charters of the villeins.

Author : Ben Dodds,Christian Drummond Liddy
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843836841

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Commercial Activity, Markets and Entrepreneurs in the Middle Ages by Ben Dodds,Christian Drummond Liddy Pdf

Numerous aspects of the medieval economy are covered in this new collection of essays, from business fraud and changes in wages to the production of luxury goods. Long dominated by theories of causation involving class conflict and Malthusian crisis, the field of medieval economic history has been transformed in recent years by a better understanding of the process of commercialisation. Inrecognition of the important work in this area by Richard Britnell, this volume of essays brings together studies by historians from both sides of the Atlantic on fundamental aspects of the medieval commercial economy. From examinations of high wages, minimum wages and unemployment, through to innovative studies of consumption and supply, business fraud, economic regulation, small towns, the use of charters, and the role of shipmasters and peasants as entrepreneurs, this collection is essential reading for the student of the medieval economy. Contributors: John Hatcher, John Langdon, Derek Keene, John S. Lee, James Davis, Mark Bailey, Christine M. Newman, Peter L. Larson, Maryanne Kowaleski, Martha Carlin, James Masschaele, Christopher Dyer

Author : Adam Lucas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317146476

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Ecclesiastical Lordship, Seigneurial Power and the Commercialization of Milling in Medieval England by Adam Lucas Pdf

This is the first detailed study of the role of the Church in the commercialization of milling in medieval England. Focusing on the period from the late eleventh to the mid sixteenth centuries, it examines the estate management practices of more than thirty English religious houses founded by the Benedictines, Cistercians, Augustinians and other minor orders, with an emphasis on the role played by mills and milling in the establishment and development of a range of different sized episcopal and conventual foundations. Contrary to the views espoused by a number of prominent historians of technology since the 1930s, the book demonstrates that patterns of mill acquisition, innovation and exploitation were shaped not only by the size, wealth and distribution of a house’s estates, but also by environmental and demographic factors, changing cultural attitudes and legal conventions, prevailing and emergent technical traditions, the personal relations of a house with its patrons, tenants, servants and neighbours, and the entrepreneurial and administrative flair of bishops, abbots, priors and other ecclesiastical officials.

Author : Michael Moïssey Postan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520023250

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The Medieval Economy and Society by Michael Moïssey Postan Pdf

Author : Christopher Dyer
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191518829

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An Age of Transition? by Christopher Dyer Pdf

This significant work by a prominent medievalist focuses on the period of transition between 1250 and 1550, when the wealth and power of the great lords was threatened and weakened, and when new social groups emerged and new methods of production were adopted. Professor Dyer examines both the commercial growth of the thirteenth century, and the restructuring of farming, trade, and industry in the fifteenth century. The subjects investigated include the balance between individuals and the collective interests of families and villages. The role of the aristocracy and in particular the gentry are scrutinized, and emphasis placed on the initiatives taken by peasants, traders, and craftsmen. The growth in consumption moved the economy in new directions after 1350, and this encouraged investment in productive enterprises. A commercial mentality persisted and grew, and producers, such as farmers, profited from the market. Many people lived on wages, but not enough of them to justify describing the sixteenth century economy as capitalist. The conclusions are supported by research in sources not much used before, such as wills, and non-written evidence, including buildings. Dyer argues for a reassessment of the whole period, and shows that many features of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries can be found before 1500.

Author : John Hatcher,Mark Bailey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199244119

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Modelling the Middle Ages by John Hatcher,Mark Bailey Pdf

Most of what has been written on the economy of the middle ages is deeply influenced by abstract concepts and theories. The most powerful and popular of these guiding beliefs are derived from intellectual foundations laid down in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by Adam Smith, Johanvon Thunen, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and Karl Marx. In the hands of twentieth-century historians and social scientists these venerable ideas have been moulded into three grand explanatory ideas which continue to dominate interpretations of economic development. These trumpet in turn theclaims of 'commercialization', 'population and resources', or 'class power and property relations' as the prime movers of historical change. In this highly original book John Hatcher and Mark Bailey examine the structure and test the validity of these conflicting models from a variety ofperspectives. In the course of their investigations they provide not only detailed reconstructions of the economic history of England in the middle ages and sustained critical commentaries on the work of leading historians, but also discussions of the philosophy and methods of history and thesocial sciences. The result is a short and readily intelligible introduction to medieval economic history, an up-to-date critique of established models, and a succinct treatise on historiographical method.

Author : Elizabeth Bradford Smith,Michael Wolfe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015039924843

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Technology and Resource Use in Medieval Europe by Elizabeth Bradford Smith,Michael Wolfe Pdf

The 10 essays here are the result of a conference devoted to the study of medieval technology in April 1995. Taken together, they aim to help dispel the common misconception that medieval people somehow had to toil in a world bereft of technical innovation and ingenuity. The authors of the papers, all experts in their fields, show the Middle Ages not only to be a time of considerable technological development, but also the ways in which the technologies of building construction, manufacture and metallurgy were shaped by broader forces of culture, social identity, political ambition and the local environment.

Author : Georges Duby
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0812216741

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Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West by Georges Duby Pdf

"One of the most important, imaginative, solidly documented, well written books of medieval history that I have ever read. . . . It offers a unique combination of synthetic power and analytic perception, of bold judgment and Cartesian doubt, of hard economic facts and subtle psychological considerations."--

Author : Michael Moissey Postan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:440044505

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The medieval economy and society by Michael Moissey Postan Pdf

Author : Carol Lansing,Edward D. English
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118499467

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A Companion to the Medieval World by Carol Lansing,Edward D. English Pdf

Drawing on the expertise of 26 distinguished scholars, this important volume covers the major issues in the study of medieval Europe, highlighting the significant impact the time period had on cultural forms and institutions central to European identity. Examines changing approaches to the study of medieval Europe, its periodization, and central themes Includes coverage of important questions such as identity and the self, sexuality and gender, emotionality and ethnicity, as well as more traditional topics such as economic and demographic expansion; kingship; and the rise of the West Explores Europe’s understanding of the wider world to place the study of the medieval society in a global context

Author : Beatrix F. Romhanyi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004424760

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Pauline Economy in the Middle Ages by Beatrix F. Romhanyi Pdf

In Pauline Economy in the Middle Ages, “''The Spiritual Cannot Be Maintained Without The Temporal...” Beatrix F. Romhányi examines the estate management of the Pauline order, and argues it was a transitory system between monastic and mendicant economy.