Shaping medieval markets the organisation of commodity markets in Holland, c. 1200-c. 1450 Dijkman, Jessica. creator JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. History. ne Leiden Boston Brill 2011 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xvi, 447 pages) : illustrations, maps In the late Middle Ages the county of Holland experienced a process of uncommonly rapid commercialisation. Comparing Holland to England and Flanders this book examines how the institutions that shaped commodity markets contributed to this remarkable development. 1. Introduction -- g Part I. The institutional framework: trade venues -- 2. Fairs -- 3. Rural markets c. 1200-c. 1350: a late start? -- 4. New institutions for rural trade (c. 1350-c. 1450) -- 5. The Dordrecht staple -- The Dordrecht staple in an international perspective -- Dordrecht and its neighbours -- Part II. The institutional framework: rules and practices -- 6. Weighing and measuring -- 7. Contract enforcement -- Part III. Market performance: quantitative tests -- 8. Market integration -- 9. Market orientation -- 10. Conclusions -- Appendix A. Survey of fairs -- Appendix B. Rural weigh houses in the north of Holland around 1400 -- Appendix C. Charters of urban liberties -- Appendix D. Wheat prices. 1. Holland: a commercialising economy -- An institutional approach -- Research questions -- PART I. THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: TRADE VENUES -- 2. Fairs -- Fairs and transaction costs -- Fairs in Holland: a chronological reconstruction -- Economic function -- Power and politics -- 3. Rural markets c. 1200-c. 1350: a late start? -- Urban intrusion or urban attraction -- Lords and their involvement with rural markets -- 4. New institutions for rural trade (c. 1350-c. 1450) -- Seaside fish markets and the sea-fish trade -- Rural weigh houses and the dairy trade -- 5. The Dordrecht staple -- The Dordrecht staple in an international perspective -- Dordrecht and its neighbours -- PART II. THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: RULES AND PRACTICES -- 6. Weighing and measuring -- Control over weights and measures -- Standards and standardisation -- Enforcement -- 7. Contract enforcement -- Merchant guilds -- From divine judgement to schepenkenning -- Sureties -- Public registration of debts -- -- PART III. MARKET PERFORMANCE: QUANTITATIVE TESTS -- 8. Market integration -- The impact of institutional and non-institutional factors -- Methods and data -- Price volatility -- Price integration -- 9. Market orientation -- Holland -- Flanders -- England -- 10. Conclusions -- Endogenous factors -- Exogenous factors -- Commodity markets and factor markets -- Appendices -- Survey of fairs -- Rural weigh houses in the north of Holland around 1400 -- Charters of urban liberties -- Wheat prices. by Jessica Dijkman. Includes bibliographical references and index. English. e-ne--- Netherlands Commerce History To 1500 Commodity exchanges Netherlands History To 1500 Markets Netherlands History To 1500 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Investments & Securities General BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic History Commerce Commodity exchanges Markets Netherlands To 1500 fast HF3615 .D55 2011eb 332.64/4094920902 Shaping medieval markets Dijkman, Jessica. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 (DLC) 2011022975 (OCoLC)730114568 Global economic history series ; v. 8 9789004201491 9004201491 9789004201484 9004201483 22573/ctt1w718rq JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w76wdg N$T 110927 20230103223230.7 in00004634488 eng