Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Eisenberg, Christiane

Titel

Growth and Consolidation of Market Exchange in the Early Modern Period

Ist Teil von

• The Rise of Market Society in England, 1066-1800, 2013, Vol.1, p.41

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

United States: Berghahn Books

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Although a broad consensus exists among British historians that the Early Modern period began roughly around 1500 and ended roughly around 1800, their use of the adjectives ‘medieval’ and ‘modern’ has tended to be rather unspecific. In this, they differ from their colleagues on the European continent. The explanation for this convention lies in the fact that in British history, one can point to no profound historical caesura dividing the Middle Ages from the Early Modern period. Furthermore, despite unmistakable signs of developmental progress, a high level of continuity existed in the economy as well as in society. Both factors