The grain market and preferential trade of large landowners in Flemish cities during the Age of Shocks (1330-1370)

Recent research once again framed the fourteenth century as the century of environmental shocks and systemic transitions. This article will focus on the grain market during the rapid succession of urban ‘food shocks’ before, during and after the 1348 Black Death. The major Flemish Cities provide a unique context to investigate the origins, impact and consequences of these shocks. Based on new and exciting price series for the cities of Bruges, Ghent, Lille, Douai and Cambrai it will be possible to reconstruct divergences in the impact of the food shocks during this period, but also question th... Mehr ...