Changing Values in Medieval Scotland

Elizabeth Gemmill

ISBN 10: 0521473853 / ISBN 13: 9780521473859

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1995

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Changing Values in Medieval Scotland
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521473853
• ISBN 13: 9780521473859
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 28D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 787 grams

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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.

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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.