Medieval Market Morality

'The task James Davis has set himself in this excellent book is to describe [the] regulations, morals, attitudes and prejudices [of the medieval market], and then to examine through case studies of individual markets precisely how they circumscribed the interaction of forces of supply and demand ... What emerges from his exposition is a nuanced perspective on what people thought of markets ... Davis has done us an important service by showing us another important way in which the long road to the modern economy can be traced back to a period earlier than most historians in the past would have thought likely.' Shami Ghosh, Reviews in History (history.ac.uk/reviews)
'An important new book that makes a major contribution to what is now a mature field ... Davis successfully bridges the gap between cultural history and economic history, showing how values and ideals were intertwined with the economy and vice versa. By bringing these two fields of enquiry together, Davis advances our understanding of both fields and illustrates the benefits of working across established scholarly boundaries.' Journal of British Studies
'... [an] ambitious and learned book ... This book will intrigue readers ... a rich study which draws on an exceptionally broad range of primary sources ...' Journal of Continuity and Change