Bread and Ale for the Brethren
Philip Slavin
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By 1300, England and other West-European countries had undergone a significant degree of commercialisation. More and more communities, both urban and rural, depended on an efficient network of local markets to obtain the goods they needed, in particular for their food. Yet in spite of this, some landed lords and, most notably, monasteries and convents continued to rely on the produce of their own estates, even though there were significant costs and risks associated with the production, transportation and storage of their own food. Philip Slavin sets out to account for this puzzling situation through an in-depth study of the ... Read more
By 1300, England and other West-European countries had undergone a significant degree of commercialisation. More and more communities, both urban and rural, depended on an efficient network of local markets to obtain the goods they needed, in particular for their food. Yet in spite of this, some landed lords and, most notably, monasteries and convents continued to rely on the produce of their own estates, even though there were significant costs and risks associated with the production, transportation and storage of their own food. Philip Slavin sets out to account for this puzzling situation through an in-depth study of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Hatfield, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781907396632
SKU
V9781907396632
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-36
About Philip Slavin
Philip Slavin is a Mellon Fellow and a lecturer in the Department of Economics at McGill University, Montreal, specialising in late-medieval economic, social and environmental history.
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