Monks and markets: Durham Cathedral Priory, 1460-1520
In Monks and Markets Dr Threlfall-Holmes provides a unique insight into medieval consumer behaviour and challenges the view that the middle ages were bound by tradition. Using Durham Cathedral Priory's outstanding archive she discusses diet, the factors influencing purchasing decisions, the priory's use of the market and of tenants, and their suppliers. - ;The institutions of the middle ages are generally seen as tradition-bound; Monks and Markets challenges this assumption. Durham's outstandin…
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- Full title :Monks and markets : Durham Cathedral Priory, 1460-1520 / Miranda Threlfall-Holmes.
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In Monks and Markets Dr Threlfall-Holmes provides a unique insight into medieval consumer behaviour and challenges the view that the middle ages were bound by tradition. Using Durham Cathedral Priory's outstanding archive she discusses diet, the factors influencing purchasing decisions, the priory's use of the market and of tenants, and their suppliers. - ;The institutions of the middle ages are generally seen as tradition-bound; Monks and Markets challenges this assumption. Durham's outstanding archive has allowed the uncovering of an unprecedented level of detail about the purchasing strateg.
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- Publication Date:2005.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2005.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (viii, 253 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191514470, 0191514470, 128084678X, 9781280846786, 9786610846788, 6610846782
- oclc:ocn252675162
- LC Classification:BX2596.D8
- Dewey Decimal:255.100942865
Table of Contents
List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction and Context; 2 The Monastic Diet; 3 Price, Preference, and Purpose: Factors Influencing the Priory's Purchasing Decisions; 4 Tenurial Purchasing; 5 Market Purchasing; 6 The Suppliers of the Priory; 7 Conclusion; Appendix: The surviving obedientiary accounts, 1460-1520; Bibliography; Index.
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