Monks and markets Durham Cathedral Priory 1460-1520 / [electronic resource] :
Miranda Threlfall-Holmes.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- 1 online resource (viii, 253 p.) : ill.
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.