Martin Rorke
Biographic Data
| ID | 1014017 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Rorke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Rorke |
| SIGNATURE | RORKE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1956-4557 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Trade and traders
Journal Article Trade and traders: Edinburgh's sixteenth-century exporting community Get access Martin Rorke Martin Rorke University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Historical Research, Volume 81, Issue 213, August 2008, Pages 447–462, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2007.00431.x Published: 09 July 2008
Connor and Simpson, Weights and Measures in Scotland
English and Scottish overseas trade, 1300-16001
This article compares English and Scottish exports, from 1300-1600, using existing statistical data from England and a new data set of Scottish exports. It shows that the significant English and Scottish wool trades collapsed at almost identical rates. However, while England shifted towards exporting woollen cloth, a similar move in Scotland was weak-because of the poor quality of cloth and the urban form of the industry. In the second half of th…
Women Overseas Traders in Sixteenth-Century Scotland
The Scottish Herring Trade, 1470–1600
This paper uses customs figures to show that herring exports from the east and west coast lowlands expanded significantly in the last six decades of the sixteenth century. The paper argues that the rise was primarily due to the north-west Highland fisheries being opened up and exploited by east and west coast burghs. These ventures required greater capital supplies and more complex organisation than their local inshore fisheries and they were oft…
English and Scottish overseas trade, 1300-16001
This article compares English and Scottish exports, from 1300-1600, using existing statistical data from England and a new data set of Scottish exports. It shows that the significant English and Scottish wool trades collapsed at almost identical rates. However, while England shifted towards exporting woollen cloth, a similar move in Scotland was weak-because of the poor quality of cloth and the urban form of the industry. In the second half of th…
The Scottish Herring Trade, 1470–1600
This paper uses customs figures to show that herring exports from the east and west coast lowlands expanded significantly in the last six decades of the sixteenth century. The paper argues that the rise was primarily due to the north-west Highland fisheries being opened up and exploited by east and west coast burghs. These ventures required greater capital supplies and more complex organisation than their local inshore fisheries and they were oft…
Women Overseas Traders in Sixteenth-Century Scotland
Women Overseas Traders in Sixteenth-Century Scotland
The Scottish Herring Trade, 1470–1600
This paper uses customs figures to show that herring exports from the east and west coast lowlands expanded significantly in the last six decades of the sixteenth century. The paper argues that the rise was primarily due to the north-west Highland fisheries being opened up and exploited by east and west coast burghs. These ventures required greater capital supplies and more complex organisation than their local inshore fisheries and they were oft…
English and Scottish overseas trade, 1300-16001
This article compares English and Scottish exports, from 1300-1600, using existing statistical data from England and a new data set of Scottish exports. It shows that the significant English and Scottish wool trades collapsed at almost identical rates. However, while England shifted towards exporting woollen cloth, a similar move in Scotland was weak-because of the poor quality of cloth and the urban form of the industry. In the second half of th…
Connor and Simpson, Weights and Measures in Scotland
Trade and traders
Journal Article Trade and traders: Edinburgh's sixteenth-century exporting community Get access Martin Rorke Martin Rorke University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Historical Research, Volume 81, Issue 213, August 2008, Pages 447–462, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2007.00431.x Published: 09 July 2008
Historical Economic and Social Studies (4 works) · Scottish History and National Identity (4 works) · Economic history (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Historical Studies of British Isles (3 works) · History (3 works) · Economy (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Political science (2 works)