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Medieval Economic Competition

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Nineteenth-century romanticism and the hardships of capitalist individualism have caused scholars to emphasize collectivistic social and economic institutions i n the Middle Ages. Carried to extremes by the English socialists, this attitude tended to ignore or even to deny the competitive aspects of medieval production. Church authorities and guild ordinances were often cited in support of the thesis that the era was noncompetitive. Even Sombart was able to see in the medieval craftsman and tradesman a petit bourgeois who typically held to the morals prescribed by church authorities.

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  • Hirshler, Eric E., 1954. "Medieval Economic Competition," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(1), pages 52-58, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:14:y:1954:i:01:p:52-58_06
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    1. Epstein, Stephan R., 1995. "Craft guilds, apprenticeship and technological change in pre-modern Europe," Economic History Working Papers 22419, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
    2. Richardson, Gary, 2004. "Guilds, laws, and markets for manufactured merchandise in late-medieval England," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 1-25, January.

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