Prices in Toledo (Spain): Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
| Autor: | David González Agudo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Consumption (economics)
History Divergence (linguistics) 060106 history of social sciences 05 social sciences Food prices 06 humanities and the arts Geography Price index 0502 economics and business Economic history 0601 history and archaeology 050207 economics Social Sciences (miscellaneous) A determinant |
| Zdroj: | Social Science History. 43:269-295 |
| ISSN: | 1527-8034 0145-5532 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/ssh.2019.2 |
| Popis: | Differences in material conditions are a determinant that explains the little divergence between northwestern and southern Europe. This article approaches the evolution of prices in early modern Toledo (Spain). The price index includes new items such as housing and employs different baskets over time, reflecting changes in consumption patterns. During the city’s golden age, prices grew faster than in London, Paris, or Amsterdam. Wine, urban rent, and food prices experienced a great increase, coinciding with demographic growth and the arrival of the American precious metals. Prices slowed in the first half of the seventeenth century, throughout Castile’s demographic and economic decay. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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