Conspicuous consumption in the 15th century both offers causes for revolt and allows reconstruction of regional supply and trading networks. The essays in this

The Origins of the Consumer Revolution in England explores the rise of consumerism from the end of the medieval period through to the beginning of the nineteent

It is well known that political, economic, and social power in the British Isles in the Middle Ages lay in the hands of a small group of domini-lords. In his fi

A detailed study of changing patterns of consumption, showing how these related to wider political, social and economic developments. This book, based on extens

The eleven articles in this volume examine controversial subjects of central importance to medieval economic historians. Topics include the relative roles playe