El comercioactividad económica y dinámica social en las plazas y mercados de Castilla, siglos XIII-XV
ISSN: 1135-125X
Year of publication: 2001
Issue: 9
Pages: 97-134
Type: Article
More publications in: Cuadernos del CEMYR
Abstract
This work analyzes the commercial importance of market places and squares in the late Middle Ages. Although particular emphasis is given to inner trade, also the temporal and spatial evolution of commerce, specially in the kingdom of Castile, is assessed. As trading activity carried out in these centers spread to surrounding areas, it fostered the growth of social and economic hierarchies in towns and villages, which affected products, techniques, different levels of infrastructures, etcetera.