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Mites and merchants

The crisis of English wool and textile trade revisited, c. 1275-1330

Bibliographic Data

ID3244701
AuthorsPhilip Slavin (0000-0002-6460-145X, University of Stirling, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume73
Issue4
Pages885-913
Publication date2020-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Economic History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ehr.12969
OpenAlexW3010783477
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited33

On the basis of 7,871 manorial accounts from 601 sheep-rearing demesnes and 187 tithe receipts from 15 parishes, this article addresses the origins, scale, and impact of the wool and textile production crisis in England,c. 1275-1350. The article argues that recurrent outbreaks of scab disease depressed sheep population and wool production levels until the early 1330s. The disease, coupled with warfare and taxation, also had a decisive role in depressing the volumes of wool exports. Despite this fact, wool merchants were still conducting business with major wool producers, who desperately needed access to the capital to replenish their flocks

Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Business · Capital (architecture) · Economics · Economy · Flock · Geography · Population · Production (economics) · Sociology · Textile · Wool · Demography · Ecology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,5
Citation span2022 - 2025 (4)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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