01377nam a2200157Ia 450000500170000000800390001702000180005608200200007410000200009424500950011426000390020930000140024852009230026265000120118570000220119720260225134115.0260225s9999    xx          000 0 und d  a9780521859417  a338.767731bBEL  aBell, Adrian R. 0aThe English Wool Market, c.1230-1327 / cBell, Adrian R.; Brooks, Chris; Dryburgh, Paul R.  bCambridge University Press, c2007  a214 pages  aThe wool market was extremely important to the English medieval economy and wool dominated the English export trade from the late thirteenth century to its decline in the late fifteenth century. Wool was at the forefront of the establishment of England as a European political and economic power and this 2007 volume was the first study of the medieval wool market in over 20 years. It investigates in detail the scale and scope of advance contracts for the sale of wool; the majority of these agreements were formed between English monasteries and Italian merchants, and the book focuses on the data contained within them. The pricing structures and market efficiency of the agreements are examined, employing practices from modern finance. A detailed case study of the impact of entering into such agreements on medieval English monasteries is also presented, using the example of Pipewell Abbey in Northamptonshire.  aHistory  aDryburgh, Paul R.