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COM.ONIXSUITE.9782803110117 03 02 i6doc 01 SKU 109050 02 2803110113 03 9782803110117 15 9782803110117 00 BC 01 9.45 in 02 6.61 in 01 24 cm 02 16.80 cm 01 01 Prices and Crises The grain economy in fourteenth-century Flanders 1 A01 01 Onixsuite Contributor ID 22544 Stef Espeel Espeel, Stef Stef Espeel 1 01 eng 07 332 03 10 HIS000000 12 G 24 INTERNET Philosophie, lettres, linguistique et histoire 24 INTERNET Histoire 29 2012 3377 HISTOIRE 29 2012 3801 OUVRAGES DE DOCUMENTATION 03 00 Using extensive data from ecclesiastical landlords, it reconstructs grain price trends, analyses market integration, and explores the social impact of price shocks. It highlights the adaptive strategies of landlords and cities in managing food crises, offering new insights into resilience and vulnerability in premodern economies. 02 00 This study examines the grain economy of fourteenth-century Flanders, a region marked by dense urbanisation, warfare, famines, and plague. 04 00 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES MEASUREMENTS PART I — GENERAL INTRODUCTION The late medieval Flemish context Famines and medieval economic development : theoretical perspectives The large ecclesiastical landlords as protagonists Central aim and structure PART II — THE PRICE OF GRAIN IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY CHAPTER 1 — THE EVOLUTION OF GRAIN PRICES: AN OVERVIEW 1.1. A powerful parallel movement: long-term evolution 1.2. A focus on price peaks 1.3. Diving deeper: seasonal movement of prices 1.4. The influence of quantity: price changes over the very short term 1.5. In conclusion: new price series and new insights CHAPTER 2 — PRICE INTEGRATION ON THE GRAIN MARKET 2.1. Premodern market integration and the case of Flanders 2.2. Measuring price integration: methodology 2.3. Flanders and its price integration in the late Middle Ages 2.4. Concluding remarks: a performing market in times of crisis CHAPTER 3 — PRICES AND PLAGUE. EPIDEMIC-INDUCED CHANGES IN HOUSEHOLD PURCHASING POWER 3.1. Inequalities in access to food 3.2. Assessing the short-term purchasing power : nutritional shortage 3.3. Diseases and price increases: the short-term economic impact 3.4. Conclusion: the importance of grain markets during plague waves PART III — LARGE LANDLORDS AND THE GRAIN TRADE CHAPTER 4 — MARKET TRENDS AND RENT PRICE CONVERSIONS : PATTERNS, PRACTICES, AND IMPLICATIONS 4.1. In-kind payments and their conversion to money 4.2. Rent prices and their relationship with market prices 4.3. Concluding remarks: the important role of rent prices CHAPTER 5 — B ALANCING M ARKETS A ND MORALS : GRAIN TRADE PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES 5.1. Balancing budgets: the financial significance of wheat sales 5.2. Volume over value: grain sales, price trends and market behaviour 5.3. An 'open' grain market: quantities and customers 5.4. Conclusion: large landlords and their strategies on the grain market PART IV — LARGE LANDLORDS AS GRAIN PRODUCERS CHAPTER 6 — DEMESNE OR LEASEHOLD? ESTATE MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHERN FLANDERS 6.1. From demesne to leasehold farming 6.2. The exploitation of the domain of large ecclesiastical landlords 6.3. Finding the balance: the ratio between consumption and commercialisation 6.4. Conclusion: decision-making in the interest of self-sufficiency CHAPTER 7 — LANDLORDS AND TENANTS : THE DYNAMICS OF SHORT-TERM LEASEHOLD 7.1. Social agrosystems in the Low Countries: a short note 7.2. Affluent tenants versus smallholders : the size of leased-out plots 7.3. The pressure on tenants: evolution of the in-kind lease prices 7.4. Conclusion: distinctions in leasehold in an agrosystemic approach PART V — A FINAL REVIEW The importance of the price data frequency Chronology of the fourteenth-century price shocks Preventing or breaking absolute price peaks Landlords and the grain market Institutional constraints on the grain trade Social agrosystems and the management of cereal production The grain market in an Age of Shocks APPENDICES SOURCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY 01 00 03 02 01 D502 02 4269 03 2819 06 318cd6148f9eefcac11720b2e2e7c273 07 1384761 https://i6doc.com/resources/titles/28001100724080/images/0c0bf917c7942b5a08df71f9da626f97/HIGHQ/9782803110117.jpg 17 20260130T0957Z 02 01 D502 02 189 03 125 06 1d0fe6373cffb3fa829409d0a3fe4104 07 16165 https://i6doc.com/resources/titles/28001100724080/images/0c0bf917c7942b5a08df71f9da626f97/THUMBNAIL/9782803110117.jpg 17 20260130T0957Z 09 00 03 02 01 D502 https://i6doc.com/resources/publishers/428.jpg Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 01 Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 04 01 20250901 11 20250901 02 WORLD 02 01 GCOI 28001100724080 06 03 9782803110124 WORLD 04 03 06 3012405004818 CIACO - DUC 33 www.i6doc.com http://www.i6doc.com 01 2 20 1 02 00 02 02 STD 02 35.00 01 R 6.00 33.02 1.98 EUR