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

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9780521027090: Changing Values Medieval Scotland: A Study of Prices, Money, and Weights and Measures
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ISBN 10: 0521027098 ISBN 13: 9780521027090
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This 1995 book 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 was the first complete study to have been undertaken on Scots medieval prices.

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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.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521027098
ISBN 13 
9780521027090
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
444

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