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Monks and markets [electronic resource] : Durham Cathedral Priory 1460-1520 / Miranda Threlfall-Holmes.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: 1 online resource (viii, 253 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191719813 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Durham Cathedral. Priory -- History | Benedictines -- England -- Durham -- Social conditions | Monasteries -- England -- Durham -- History -- To 1500 | Monasteries -- England -- Durham -- History -- 16th century | Consumption (Economics) -- England -- Durham -- History -- To 1500 | Consumption (Economics) -- England -- Durham -- History -- 16th century | Markets -- England -- DurhamAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199253814DDC classification: 271.1042865 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Providing an insight into medieval consumer behaviour, this title challenges the view that the middle ages were bound by tradition. Using Durham Cathedral Priory's archive, it discusses diet, the factors influencing purchasing decisions, the priory's use of the market and of tenants, and their suppliers.| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Providing an insight into medieval consumer behaviour, this title challenges the view that the middle ages were bound by tradition. Using Durham Cathedral Priory's archive, it discusses diet, the factors influencing purchasing decisions, the priory's use of the market and of tenants, and their suppliers.
Description based on print version record.