Medieval market morality : life, law and ethics in the English marketplace, 1200-1500 /
Davis, James.
Medieval market morality : life, law and ethics in the English marketplace, 1200-1500 / James Davis. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xvii, 514 pages) : illustrations - Cambridge books online. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Images of market trade -- Regulation of the market -- The behaviour of market traders -- An evolving market morality -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
"This important new study examines the market trade of medieval England from a new perspective, by providing a wide-ranging critique of the moral and legal imperatives that underpinned retail trade. James Davis shows how market-goers were influenced not only by practical and economic considerations of price, quality, supply and demand, but also by the moral and cultural environment within which such deals were conducted. This book draws on a broad range of cross-disciplinary evidence, from the literary works of William Langland and the sermons of medieval preachers, to state, civic and guild laws, Davis scrutinises everyday market behaviour through case studies of small and large towns, using the evidence of manor and borough courts. From these varied sources, Davis teases out the complex relationship between morality, law and practice and demonstrates that even the influence of contemporary Christian ideology was not necessarily incompatible with efficient and profitable everyday commerce"-- "The fifteenth-century poem London Lickpenny provides a vivid portrait of a town's streets, brimming with the vibrant noises and sights of market life. Within the marketplaces of medieval London swarmed a multitude of hawkers, pedlars, cooks and stallholders, all crying their wares and pestering potential customers: Then went I forth by London stone, Throughout all Canwyle streete; Candlewick Street Drapers mutch cloth me offred anone.' Then comes me one, cryed, 'Hot shepes feete!' One cryde, 'Makerell!'; 'Ryshes grene!' another gan greete Rushes One bad me by a hood to cover my head -But for want of mony I myght not be sped.1 The poem portrays a young man from the country who is bewildered by the cacophony of sounds, but is perhaps also seduced by the contrasting sights and smells of a commercial world in which money is the prime motivational force. The writer emphasises the variety of goods on sale, as well as the belligerent persistence of the vendors. However, a distasteful undercurrent is implied. A hood lost by the young man is later spotted by him on a stall, being sold amidst other stolen goods"--
Includes some quotations in Middle English.
9781139190732 (electronic bk.) 1139190733 (electronic bk.) 9781139189439 1139189433 9781139188135 1139188135 9780511763366 (ebook) 0511763360 (ebook) 9786613384003 6613384003 1107226937 9781107226937 1139179705 9781139179706 1283384000 9781283384001 1139183516 9781139183512 1139185829 9781139185820
9786613384003
338400 MIL
500-1500
Markets--History.--Great Britain
Retail trade--History.--Great Britain
Cities and towns, Medieval--Great Britain.
Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
Ethics--History.--Great Britain
Commerce de détail--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Villes médiévales--Grande-Bretagne.
Histoire sociale--500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Morale--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
HISTORY--Great Britain.--Europe
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries--Retailing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Marketing--Direct.
TRAVEL--Shopping.
Cities and towns, Medieval.
Ethics.
Manners and customs.
Markets.
Retail trade.
Social history--Medieval.
Handel.
Ethische aspecten.
England--Social life and customs--1066-1485.
Angleterre--Mœurs et coutumes--1066-1485.
England.
Great Britain.
Engeland.
Electronic books.
History.
HF5474.G7 / D38 2012eb
381/.109420902
Medieval market morality : life, law and ethics in the English marketplace, 1200-1500 / James Davis. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xvii, 514 pages) : illustrations - Cambridge books online. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Images of market trade -- Regulation of the market -- The behaviour of market traders -- An evolving market morality -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
"This important new study examines the market trade of medieval England from a new perspective, by providing a wide-ranging critique of the moral and legal imperatives that underpinned retail trade. James Davis shows how market-goers were influenced not only by practical and economic considerations of price, quality, supply and demand, but also by the moral and cultural environment within which such deals were conducted. This book draws on a broad range of cross-disciplinary evidence, from the literary works of William Langland and the sermons of medieval preachers, to state, civic and guild laws, Davis scrutinises everyday market behaviour through case studies of small and large towns, using the evidence of manor and borough courts. From these varied sources, Davis teases out the complex relationship between morality, law and practice and demonstrates that even the influence of contemporary Christian ideology was not necessarily incompatible with efficient and profitable everyday commerce"-- "The fifteenth-century poem London Lickpenny provides a vivid portrait of a town's streets, brimming with the vibrant noises and sights of market life. Within the marketplaces of medieval London swarmed a multitude of hawkers, pedlars, cooks and stallholders, all crying their wares and pestering potential customers: Then went I forth by London stone, Throughout all Canwyle streete; Candlewick Street Drapers mutch cloth me offred anone.' Then comes me one, cryed, 'Hot shepes feete!' One cryde, 'Makerell!'; 'Ryshes grene!' another gan greete Rushes One bad me by a hood to cover my head -But for want of mony I myght not be sped.1 The poem portrays a young man from the country who is bewildered by the cacophony of sounds, but is perhaps also seduced by the contrasting sights and smells of a commercial world in which money is the prime motivational force. The writer emphasises the variety of goods on sale, as well as the belligerent persistence of the vendors. However, a distasteful undercurrent is implied. A hood lost by the young man is later spotted by him on a stall, being sold amidst other stolen goods"--
Includes some quotations in Middle English.
9781139190732 (electronic bk.) 1139190733 (electronic bk.) 9781139189439 1139189433 9781139188135 1139188135 9780511763366 (ebook) 0511763360 (ebook) 9786613384003 6613384003 1107226937 9781107226937 1139179705 9781139179706 1283384000 9781283384001 1139183516 9781139183512 1139185829 9781139185820
9786613384003
338400 MIL
500-1500
Markets--History.--Great Britain
Retail trade--History.--Great Britain
Cities and towns, Medieval--Great Britain.
Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
Ethics--History.--Great Britain
Commerce de détail--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Villes médiévales--Grande-Bretagne.
Histoire sociale--500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Morale--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
HISTORY--Great Britain.--Europe
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries--Retailing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Marketing--Direct.
TRAVEL--Shopping.
Cities and towns, Medieval.
Ethics.
Manners and customs.
Markets.
Retail trade.
Social history--Medieval.
Handel.
Ethische aspecten.
England--Social life and customs--1066-1485.
Angleterre--Mœurs et coutumes--1066-1485.
England.
Great Britain.
Engeland.
Electronic books.
History.
HF5474.G7 / D38 2012eb
381/.109420902