Baking for the common good: A reassessment of the assize of bread in medieval England

Economic History Review

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 465-502

  Davis, James ^a  

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ECONOMIC HISTORY; FOOD MARKET; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDIEVAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11144350540     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2004.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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