Chapter Alternative Food Supplies, Alternative Currencies? Food deliveries by tenant farmers in the late medieval Low Countries
Why did landlords and farmers in commercialized, monetized economies prefer in-kind payments over cash? In the urbanized core regions of late medieval Europe, urban households and institutions often managed extensive estates in the countryside. This phenomenon, primarily viewed as a capital investme...
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| description | Why did landlords and farmers in commercialized, monetized economies prefer in-kind payments over cash? In the urbanized core regions of late medieval Europe, urban households and institutions often managed extensive estates in the countryside. This phenomenon, primarily viewed as a capital investment – termed "La trahison de la Bourgeoisie" by Fernand Braudel in 1949 – has been predominantly analyzed in terms of monetary returns, impact on wealth inequality, and agrarian development. However, urban landownership also entailed the potential for direct food deliveries to city dwellers. This paper examines the differing roles of land for urban households in two key medieval Low Countries cities, Ghent and Antwerp, investigating the circumstances and agents behind the use of rents-in-kind as an alternative form of currency. We argue that rents-in-kind were not merely converted into cash as cities expanded. For instance, while Antwerp's population grew in the fifteenth century, so did the significance of cereals as currency in lease contracts. Given the volatile and unpredictable nature of grain markets, having a stable, market-independent access to cereals remained a potent symbol of social status and privilege. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1507382025-01-30T09:31:58Z Chapter Alternative Food Supplies, Alternative Currencies? Food deliveries by tenant farmers in the late medieval Low Countries Soens, Tim Bruyet, Cécile Urban Landownership Food as Alternative Currency Urban Food Supplies Medieval Grain Markets. thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history Why did landlords and farmers in commercialized, monetized economies prefer in-kind payments over cash? In the urbanized core regions of late medieval Europe, urban households and institutions often managed extensive estates in the countryside. This phenomenon, primarily viewed as a capital investment – termed "La trahison de la Bourgeoisie" by Fernand Braudel in 1949 – has been predominantly analyzed in terms of monetary returns, impact on wealth inequality, and agrarian development. However, urban landownership also entailed the potential for direct food deliveries to city dwellers. This paper examines the differing roles of land for urban households in two key medieval Low Countries cities, Ghent and Antwerp, investigating the circumstances and agents behind the use of rents-in-kind as an alternative form of currency. We argue that rents-in-kind were not merely converted into cash as cities expanded. For instance, while Antwerp's population grew in the fifteenth century, so did the significance of cereals as currency in lease contracts. Given the volatile and unpredictable nature of grain markets, having a stable, market-independent access to cereals remained a potent symbol of social status and privilege. 2025-01-30T09:31:56Z 2025-01-30T09:31:56Z 2024-12-20T12:36:04Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20241220_9791221503470_226 2975-1195 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96431 9791221503470 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150738 eng Datini Studies in Economic History open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/96431/1/41441.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0347-0.28 10.36253/979-12-215-0347-0.28 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221503470 30 Florence open access |
| spellingShingle | Urban Landownership Food as Alternative Currency Urban Food Supplies Medieval Grain Markets. thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history Soens, Tim Bruyet, Cécile Chapter Alternative Food Supplies, Alternative Currencies? Food deliveries by tenant farmers in the late medieval Low Countries |
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