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The Sources Available for the Study of Mediaeval Economic History1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

E. Lipson
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I propose to give an account of the sources available for the study of the Economic History of England in the Middle Ages. I shall confine myself entirely to the printed materials which have become accessible within recent years. The year 1900 is a convenient starting point, though I shall not make the dividing line too rigid. My purpose is mainly to call attention to the publications which have not been utilized by economic historians writing before the present century.

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Transactions of the Royal Historical Society , Volume 10 , December 1916 , pp. 115 - 158
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1916

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