Norman J. G. Pounds (1912–2006)
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A History of the English Parish: The Culture of Religion from Augustine to Victoria (2000) 24 exemplaren
The Culture of the English People: Iron Age to the Industrial Revolution (Cacu) (1994) 12 exemplaren
The Parliamentary Survey of the Duchy of Cornwall: Part I (Austell Prior-Saltash) (1982) 2 exemplaren
The Worcester area: Proceedings of the 151st Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute, 1995 (1995) 1 exemplaar
Geografía histórica de Europa 1 exemplaar
The Cardiff area: Proceedings of the 139th Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute 1993 (1993) 1 exemplaar
Coal and steel in Western Europe 1 exemplaar
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Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, New Series, Vol VI, Part 2 — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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- Pounds, Norman John Greville
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- 1912-02-23
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- 2006-03-24
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- Bath, Somerset, England, UK
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- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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- Cambridge University (Fitzwilliam College ∙ BA ∙ History and Geography ∙ 1934)
Cambridge University (MA|1940)
London School of Economics (BA|1942)
London School of Economics (PhD|1942) - Beroepen
- historian
university professor - Organisaties
- Indiana University
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The most interesting part of the book was chapter 9 on the commercial revolution. The author discusses the new methods of credit and financing which might have been the most impactful innovations of medieval times. The role of medieval government in the economy was clearly quite insignificant. The brief section in this book which focuses on government discusses mainly taxation. I would have liked to read a bit more on how medieval trade functioned without governmental help. Long-distance merchants must have gradually built trustworthy relationships amongst each other, but this book does not explicitly discuss how such webs of interpersonal acquaintance actually worked. But even so this book is a broad and very useful introduction to medieval economic history which can be recommended.… (meer)