The grain market and preferential trade of large landowners in Flemish cities during the Age of Shocks (1330-1370)
Recent research once again framed the fourteenth century as the century of environmental shocks and systemic transitions. This article will focus on the grain market during the rapid succession of urban ‘food shocks’ before, during and after the 1348 Black Death. The major Flemish Cities provide a u...
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| Publicado no: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/mefrm, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Mélanges de l’École française de Rome - Moyen Âge
2019
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Resumo: | Recent research once again framed the fourteenth century as the century of environmental shocks and systemic transitions. This article will focus on the grain market during the rapid succession of urban ‘food shocks’ before, during and after the 1348 Black Death. The major Flemish Cities provide a unique context to investigate the origins, impact and consequences of these shocks. Based on new and exciting price series for the cities of Bruges, Ghent, Lille, Douai and Cambrai it will be possible to reconstruct divergences in the impact of the food shocks during this period, but also question the role of large urban ecclesiastical landowners in the management and ‘production’ of these food crises. In order to do so, this article focuses on adaptations by these landowners on the grain market by altering the frequency, timing and size of their grain transactions. Next to that, it will be tested if there was a presence of preferential trade upheld by these landlords. Such enquiry will contribute to a better understanding of both the causal mechanisms behind these food crises and the way major urban landlords handled and sometimes co-produced these crises. |
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