Changing Values in Medieval Scotland: A Study of Prices, Money, and Weights and Measures

Changing Values in Medieval Scotland: A Study of Prices, Money, and Weights and Measures
ISBN-10
0521473853
ISBN-13
9780521473859
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
419
Language
English
Published
1995-06
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Nicholas Mayhew, Elizabeth Gemmill

Description

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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