Modelling the Middle Ages: The History & Theory of England's Economic Development - Couverture rigide

Hatcher, John; Bailey, Mark

 
9780199244119: Modelling the Middle Ages: The History & Theory of England's Economic Development
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0199244111 ISBN 13 : 9780199244119
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Most of what has been written on the economy of the middle ages is deeply influenced by abstract concepts and theories. The most powerful and popular of these guiding beliefs are derived from intellectual foundations laid down in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by Adam Smith, Johan von Thünen, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and Karl Marx. In the hands of twentieth-century historians and social scientists these venerable ideas have been moulded into three grand explanatory ideas which continue to dominate interpretations of economic development. These trumpet in turn the claims of 'commercialization', 'population and resources', or 'class power and property relations' as the prime movers of historical change. In this highly original book John Hatcher and Mark Bailey examine the structure and test the validity of these conflicting models from a variety of perspectives. In the course of their investigations they provide not only detailed reconstructions of the economic history of England in the middle ages and sustained critical commentaries on the work of leading historians, but also discussions of the philosophy and methods of history and the social sciences. The result is a short and readily intelligible introduction to medieval economic history, an up-to-date critique of established models, and a succinct treatise on historiographical method.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Most of what has been written on the economy of the middle ages is deeply influenced by abstract concepts and theories. The most powerful and popular of these guiding beliefs are derived from intellectual foundations laid down in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by Adam Smith, Johan von Thünen, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and Karl Marx. In the hands of twentieth-century historians and social scientists these venerable ideas have been moulded into three grand explanatory ideas which continue to dominate interpretations of economic development. These trumpet in turn the claims of 'commercialization', 'population and resources', or 'class power and property relations' as the prime movers of historical change. In this highly original book John Hatcher and Mark Bailey examine the structure and test the validity of these conflicting models from a variety of perspectives. In the course of their investigations they provide not only detailed reconstructions of the economic history of England in the middle ages and sustained critical commentaries on the work of leading historians, but also discussions of the philosophy and methods of history and the social sciences. The result is a short and readily intelligible introduction to medieval economic history, an up-to-date critique of established models, and a succinct treatise on historiographical method.

Revue de presse

Intriguing ... highly enjoyable and provocative. (The Agricultural History Review)

Lucid, learned, and at times passionate ... the book is important and will undoubtedly be found indispensable for many years to come. (English Historical Review)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199244111
ISBN 13 
9780199244119
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
267
Coordonnées du fabricant
Oxford University Press
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9780199244126: Modelling the Middle Ages: The History and Theory of England's Economic Development (Oxford Ethics Series)

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  019924412X ISBN 13 :  9780199244126
Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 2001
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