Fishing, Freedom, and the Market in Early Modern London
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4493536 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jack David Sargeant (0000-0002-6727-7456, Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Pages | 77-101 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History Workshop Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-3554 • E-ISSN: 1477-4569 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hwj/dbae004 |
| OpenAlex | W4394594506 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
In 1699, London's Billingsgate fish market was confirmed as a 'free market' by parliament. This statute marked the culmination of a commercial conflict between London's Fishmongers' Company and their arriviste rivals, the Company of Free Fishermen. This article uses the conflict to examine shifting ideas and practices governing the food markets of early modern London. Tensions between the popular values of the moral economy and the novel commercial and military priorities of central government placed strain on traditional understandings of economic 'freedom', as authorities increasingly came to accept the role of market competition in the allocation of basic foodstuffs
Fishing · Political science · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law
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Petitions, Economic Legislation and Interest Groups in Britain, 1660–1800
Lost Londons
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Dearth and Government Intervention in English Grain Markets, 1590-1700
No Wood, No Kingdom
The Development of London Livery Companies
Economic Thought and Ideology in Seventeenth-Century England
The Breakdown of Gild and Corporation Control Over the Handicraft and Retail Trade in London
Food prices and the standard of living in London in the 'century of revolution', 1580-1700
Customs in Common
The Moral Economy of the English Crowd in the Eighteenth Century
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