Manors and markets : economy and society in the Low Countries, 500-1600

Summary:The Low Countries - an area roughly embracing the present-day kingdoms of the Netherlands and Belgium - underwent remarkable developments in the Middle Ages. Manors and Markets charts the social and economic history of this vibrant region from the early medieval period to the seventeenth century.

Print Book, English, 2016

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Publisher:Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2016

Genre:History

Physical Description:492 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9780198783756, 0198783752

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:958125090

Subjects:

Benelux countries

Benelux countries Economic conditions

Benelux countries History

Benelux countries Social conditions

Contents:

1: Introduction: Purpose, Context, and Approach2: The Emergence of a Regional Framework in the Early and High Middle Ages: Land and Occupation3: The Emergence of a Regional Framework in the Early and High Middle Ages: Power, Property, and Social Structures4: The Economy: Agriculture and Industries in the Early and High Middle Ages5: The Rise and the Institutional Framework of Markets in the High and Late Middle Ages6: Social Change in the Late Middle Ages7: The Economy in the Late Middle Ages: Agriculture and Industries8: Economic Growth and Social Change in the Very Long Run

Notes:

Originally published: 2010