TY - BOOK AU - Dijkman, Jessica AB - The late Middle Ages witnessed the transformation of the county of Holland from a peripheral agrarian region to a highly commercialised and urbanised one. This book examines how the organisation of commodity markets contributed to this remarkable development. Comparing Holland to England and Flanders, the book shows that Holland’s specific history of reclamation and settlement had given rise to a favourable balance of powers between state, nobility, towns and rural communities that reduced opportunities for rent-seeking and favoured the rise of efficient markets. This allowed burghers, peasants and fishermen to take full advantage of new opportunities presented by changing economic and ecological circumstances in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. DO - 10.1163/ej.9789004201484.i-447 ID - OAPEN ID: 391858 ID - OAPEN ID: OCN: 808385391 KW - economic history KW - markets KW - holland KW - middle ages KW - institutions KW - instituten KW - economische geschiedenis KW - middeleeuwen KW - markten KW - Dordrecht KW - England KW - Flanders L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/46307195-202a-4ea5-9883-aa8af0c8610d/9789004201491_webready_content_text.pdf LA - English LK - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/38168 PB - Brill PP - Leiden - Boston PY - 2011 SN - 9789004201491 TI - Shaping Medieval Markets : The Organisation of Commodity Markets in Holland, c. 1200 - c. 1450 ER -