Catherine Casson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1107189 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Casson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Casson |
| SIGNATURE | CASSON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0410-5083 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Industrial districts in medieval England
In Principles of Economics and Industry and Trade Marshall considered how the localisation of industry in medieval England, c.1100 to 1560, could inform on subsequent agglomerations, but since then scholarship has focused mainly on Marshall’s findings on nineteenth–century manufacturing districts. This article seeks to redress the balance. It makes three contributions to the existing literature. Firstly, it extends the range of districts by focus…
Compassionate Capitalism
It may seem like a recent trend, but businesses have been practising compassionate capitalism for nearly a thousand years. Based on the newly discovered historical documents on Cambridge’s sophisticated urban property market during the Commercial Revolution in the thirteenth century, this book explores how successful entrepreneurs employed the wealth they had accumulated to the benefit of the community. Cutting across disciplines, from economic a…
To Dispose of Wealth in Works of Charity”
While entrepreneurs are increasingly recognized as important participants in the medieval economy, their philanthropic activities have received less attention than those of the gentry and nobility. This article identifies the contribution that the study of medieval entrepreneurs can make to broader business history debates surrounding the identity of philanthropists and their beneficiaries, the types of causes they supported, and their impact on …
Designing for Innovation
The ability to combine technological innovation with innovation in product design has been recognized by business historians as an important characteristic of a successful business. This article examines the use of product design as a source of competitive advantage by leading firms in the Manchester cotton, Macclesfield silk, and Staffordshire pottery sectors in the period 1750–1860. Four design strategies are identified: copying (direct imitati…
Property rents in medieval English towns
Property rents in medieval towns were an important source of income for property-owners including the king, local lords and civic authorities, and a significant expense for local residents. This article examines the causes of variation in property rents in fourteenth-century Hull, an important international port with unique records on plot dimensions. It illuminates the topography and growth of the port, identifying locations where rents were hig…
Daniëlle Teeuwen, Financing Poor Relief through Charitable Collections in Dutch Towns, c. 1600-1800
TSEG (Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis) - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, is het Nederlands-Vlaamse vaktijdschrift op het gebied van de sociale en economische geschiedenis
Creative enterprise from the medieval to the modern period
Entrepreneurs have generated creative ideas for many centuries, and across a range of industries. Two books have recently appeared addressing the issue of entrepreneurial creativity from different perspectives. They are compared and contrasted in this article. Historical precedents for innovation are examined in one, while contemporary examples are the focus of Tsang’s volume. Strategies used to encourage innovation in medieval and early modern t…
The Medieval Merchant
Medieval merchants were engaged in a variety of activities in the economic, social and political spheres. This volume, edited by Caroline M. Barron and Anne F. Sutton, showcases the full range of these endeavours. The volume comprises the papers presented at the Harlaxton Symposium of 2012. A total of twenty-one papers are included, grouped under seven themes. The volume begins with a short preface which suggests that merchants, as a group, had a…
Location, location, location? Analysing property rents in medievalGloucester
Although medieval rentals have been extensively studied, few scholars have used them to analyse variations in the rents paid on individual properties within a town. It has been claimed that medieval rents did not reflect economic values or market forces, but were set according to social and political rather than economic criteria, and remained ossified at customary levels. This article uses hedonic regression methods to test whether property rent…
Carole Rawcliffe, Urban Bodies
Journal Article Carole Rawcliffe, Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval Towns and Cities Get access Carole Rawcliffe, Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval Towns and Cities, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2013. Pp. viii + 431. £60. ISBN 978 1 84383 836 4. Catherine Casson Catherine Casson University of Birmingham [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History …
The history of entrepreneurship
The origins of enterprise are often associated with the Industrial Revolution, but this article presents evidence of entrepreneurial activities from a much earlier date – the medieval period. Between 1250 and 1500 the church, merchants and members of the royal court all engaged in activities that demonstrated the entrepreneurial characteristics of innovation, risk-taking and judgement. The activities of the prior of Tynemouth and the career of th…
Reputation and responsibility in medieval English towns
This article examines how the civic authorities of six English towns responded to competition from new markets, regional fairs, informal trade and each other during the period 1250–1400. It argues that the civic authorities adopted an aggressive strategy based on developing a good reputation for their town, in order to show that the town was well governed and that its merchants and artisans maintained high standards of quality. This article focus…
Buying for the home
The history of entrepreneurship
The origins of enterprise are often associated with the Industrial Revolution, but this article presents evidence of entrepreneurial activities from a much earlier date – the medieval period. Between 1250 and 1500 the church, merchants and members of the royal court all engaged in activities that demonstrated the entrepreneurial characteristics of innovation, risk-taking and judgement. The activities of the prior of Tynemouth and the career of th…
Designing for Innovation
The ability to combine technological innovation with innovation in product design has been recognized by business historians as an important characteristic of a successful business. This article examines the use of product design as a source of competitive advantage by leading firms in the Manchester cotton, Macclesfield silk, and Staffordshire pottery sectors in the period 1750–1860. Four design strategies are identified: copying (direct imitati…
To Dispose of Wealth in Works of Charity”
While entrepreneurs are increasingly recognized as important participants in the medieval economy, their philanthropic activities have received less attention than those of the gentry and nobility. This article identifies the contribution that the study of medieval entrepreneurs can make to broader business history debates surrounding the identity of philanthropists and their beneficiaries, the types of causes they supported, and their impact on …
Location, location, location? Analysing property rents in medievalGloucester
Although medieval rentals have been extensively studied, few scholars have used them to analyse variations in the rents paid on individual properties within a town. It has been claimed that medieval rents did not reflect economic values or market forces, but were set according to social and political rather than economic criteria, and remained ossified at customary levels. This article uses hedonic regression methods to test whether property rent…
Property rents in medieval English towns
Property rents in medieval towns were an important source of income for property-owners including the king, local lords and civic authorities, and a significant expense for local residents. This article examines the causes of variation in property rents in fourteenth-century Hull, an important international port with unique records on plot dimensions. It illuminates the topography and growth of the port, identifying locations where rents were hig…
Reputation and responsibility in medieval English towns
This article examines how the civic authorities of six English towns responded to competition from new markets, regional fairs, informal trade and each other during the period 1250–1400. It argues that the civic authorities adopted an aggressive strategy based on developing a good reputation for their town, in order to show that the town was well governed and that its merchants and artisans maintained high standards of quality. This article focus…
Buying for the home
Reputation and responsibility in medieval English towns
This article examines how the civic authorities of six English towns responded to competition from new markets, regional fairs, informal trade and each other during the period 1250–1400. It argues that the civic authorities adopted an aggressive strategy based on developing a good reputation for their town, in order to show that the town was well governed and that its merchants and artisans maintained high standards of quality. This article focus…
Carole Rawcliffe, Urban Bodies
Journal Article Carole Rawcliffe, Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval Towns and Cities Get access Carole Rawcliffe, Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval Towns and Cities, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2013. Pp. viii + 431. £60. ISBN 978 1 84383 836 4. Catherine Casson Catherine Casson University of Birmingham [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History …
The history of entrepreneurship
The origins of enterprise are often associated with the Industrial Revolution, but this article presents evidence of entrepreneurial activities from a much earlier date – the medieval period. Between 1250 and 1500 the church, merchants and members of the royal court all engaged in activities that demonstrated the entrepreneurial characteristics of innovation, risk-taking and judgement. The activities of the prior of Tynemouth and the career of th…
Daniëlle Teeuwen, Financing Poor Relief through Charitable Collections in Dutch Towns, c. 1600-1800
TSEG (Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis) - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, is het Nederlands-Vlaamse vaktijdschrift op het gebied van de sociale en economische geschiedenis
Creative enterprise from the medieval to the modern period
Entrepreneurs have generated creative ideas for many centuries, and across a range of industries. Two books have recently appeared addressing the issue of entrepreneurial creativity from different perspectives. They are compared and contrasted in this article. Historical precedents for innovation are examined in one, while contemporary examples are the focus of Tsang’s volume. Strategies used to encourage innovation in medieval and early modern t…
The Medieval Merchant
Medieval merchants were engaged in a variety of activities in the economic, social and political spheres. This volume, edited by Caroline M. Barron and Anne F. Sutton, showcases the full range of these endeavours. The volume comprises the papers presented at the Harlaxton Symposium of 2012. A total of twenty-one papers are included, grouped under seven themes. The volume begins with a short preface which suggests that merchants, as a group, had a…
Location, location, location? Analysing property rents in medievalGloucester
Although medieval rentals have been extensively studied, few scholars have used them to analyse variations in the rents paid on individual properties within a town. It has been claimed that medieval rents did not reflect economic values or market forces, but were set according to social and political rather than economic criteria, and remained ossified at customary levels. This article uses hedonic regression methods to test whether property rent…
Property rents in medieval English towns
Property rents in medieval towns were an important source of income for property-owners including the king, local lords and civic authorities, and a significant expense for local residents. This article examines the causes of variation in property rents in fourteenth-century Hull, an important international port with unique records on plot dimensions. It illuminates the topography and growth of the port, identifying locations where rents were hig…
To Dispose of Wealth in Works of Charity”
While entrepreneurs are increasingly recognized as important participants in the medieval economy, their philanthropic activities have received less attention than those of the gentry and nobility. This article identifies the contribution that the study of medieval entrepreneurs can make to broader business history debates surrounding the identity of philanthropists and their beneficiaries, the types of causes they supported, and their impact on …
Designing for Innovation
The ability to combine technological innovation with innovation in product design has been recognized by business historians as an important characteristic of a successful business. This article examines the use of product design as a source of competitive advantage by leading firms in the Manchester cotton, Macclesfield silk, and Staffordshire pottery sectors in the period 1750–1860. Four design strategies are identified: copying (direct imitati…
Compassionate Capitalism
It may seem like a recent trend, but businesses have been practising compassionate capitalism for nearly a thousand years. Based on the newly discovered historical documents on Cambridge’s sophisticated urban property market during the Commercial Revolution in the thirteenth century, this book explores how successful entrepreneurs employed the wealth they had accumulated to the benefit of the community. Cutting across disciplines, from economic a…
Industrial districts in medieval England
In Principles of Economics and Industry and Trade Marshall considered how the localisation of industry in medieval England, c.1100 to 1560, could inform on subsequent agglomerations, but since then scholarship has focused mainly on Marshall’s findings on nineteenth–century manufacturing districts. This article seeks to redress the balance. It makes three contributions to the existing literature. Firstly, it extends the range of districts by focus…
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