Monks and markets : Durham Cathedral Priory, 1460-1520 / Miranda Threlfall-Holmes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Threlfall-Holmes, Miranda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Durham Cathedral. Priory.

Durham Cathedral.

Monasteries--England--Durham--History.

Monasteries.

Purchasing--England--Durham--History.

Purchasing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction and Context; Introduction; The Regional Context; Durham Cathedral Priory; Administrative Strategies: The Accounting System at Durham Cathedral Priory; A Snapshot of the Priory's Accounting System: 1480/1; Conclusion; 2 The Monastic Diet; Introduction; The Provisioning Infrastructure of the Priory; Purchasing and Consumption; Conclusion; 3 Price, Preference, and Purpose: Factors Influencing the Priory's Purchasing Decisions; Introduction; Price as a Determining Factor: Grain; Preference as a Determining Factor: Wine and Spices

Purpose as a Determining Factor: The Priory's Cloth PurchasesConclusion; 4 Tenurial Purchasing; Introduction; Grain; Meat, Fish, and Other Commodities; Sources of Supply; Conclusion; 5 Market Purchasing; Introduction; Market Purchases of Grain and the Regionality of Grain Prices; Markets; The Use of Agents; Payment for Goods; Credit; Transport; Conclusion; 6 The Suppliers of the Priory; Introduction; Numbers of Suppliers and Repeat Suppliers; Wider Relationships between the Priory and its Suppliers; Commodity Specialists and Generalists; Families and Locations; Male and Female Suppliers

Case Study: The Suppliers of ClothConclusion; 7 Conclusion; Standards of Living; The Priory as a Consumer; The State of Trade in Newcastle and the North-East; Concluding Remarks; Appendix: The surviving obedientiary accounts, 1460-1520; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Durham, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-244) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-84678-X

0-19-151447-0

OCLC:

476259470