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In Monks and Markets Dr Threlfall-Holmes provides a unique insight into medieval consumer behaviour and challenges the view that the middle ages were bound by tradition. Using Durham Cathedral Priory's outstanding archive she discusses diet, the factors influencing purchasing decisions, the priory's use of the market and of tenants, and their suppliers. - ;The institutions of the middle ages are generally seen as tradition-bound; Monks and Markets challenges this assumption. Durham's outstanding archive has allowed the uncovering of an unprecedented level of detail about the purchasing strateg.
List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction and Context; 2 The Monastic Diet; 3 Price, Preference, and Purpose: Factors Influencing the Priory's Purchasing Decisions; 4 Tenurial Purchasing; 5 Market Purchasing; 6 The Suppliers of the Priory; 7 Conclusion; Appendix: The surviving obedientiary accounts, 1460-1520; Bibliography; Index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244) and index.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005