The Wool Trade in English Medieval History(1)

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1、TheWoolTradeInEnglishMedievalHistoryBeingTheFordLecturesByEileenPowerProfessorofEconomicHistoryintheUniversityofLondonEileenPower(1889–1941)FirstPublished1941ContentsLectureI:Introductory......................................................................5Lect

2、ureII:SheepFarmingandWoolProduction...........................15LectureIII:TheDevelopmentandOrganisationoftheWoolTrade...26LectureIV:TheTaxationofWool..................................................37LectureV:TheStapleSystem....................................

3、.....................49LectureVI:TheWoolTradeandtheMiddleClasses.....................58Notes................................................................................................68LectureI:Introductory.I.IshallperhapsbeaccusedofbeatingadeadhorseifIbegi

4、nbyinsistingupontheweaknessoftheconventionalviewofthemiddleagesinWesternEuropeasmainlyaperiodofnaturaleconomyandself-sufficiency.Butmytheme—thewooltradeandEnglishsocietyinthemiddleages—demandsthatIshouldemphasisethefact,evenattheriskoftruism.Itistruethatif,likeW

5、eberorSombart,onewishestocharacterisetheperiodasatypeofeconomicstruc-ture,incomparisonwiththetypepresentedbyotherperiods,themedievalageappearspreeminentlyasoneinwhichthebulkofthepopulationislivingastaticexistenceinsmallandself-containedcommunities,thescaleofthei

6、rproductioncircumscribedbythelimitsoftheirmarket.Yetdirectlywecometoexaminethepictureindetail,seekingnottoestablishanidealtype,buttoseizesomethingoftheinfinitevarietyofthereality,wecannotfailtoobservethatthepictureofself-sufficiencyandnaturaleconomyisbrokeninsev

7、eraldirections.Itis,tobeginwith,brokenbythetowns.Theirexistenceandstillmoretheirgrowthwereincompatiblewithself-sufficiencyeitherforthemselvesorforthecountryside.Fieldsandpastureswemayhaveuponourhands,asoneofmygreatpredecessorsasFord’sLecturerremarked,1butthefiel

8、dsandpasturesoftheburgesseswereincapableofcompletelyfeedingthetownpopu-lation,andthatpopulationitselfwasengagedinotherpursuitsandmustper-forceexchangetheproductsofits