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dc.contributor.advisorHolt, Richard Arthur
dc.contributor.authorGundersen, Olav Elias
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-17T14:26:59Z
dc.date.available2015-09-17T14:26:59Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-22
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this thesis is to explain why differences arose between Norwegian, Danish and English towns with regard to their economic functions. Norwegian towns did not develop a sizeable production of commodities for the rural hinterland, something Danish and English towns did, of which the textile industry in small English towns is a prime example. This production contributed to the growth of towns in Denmark and England, a growth that was quite explosive in the thirteenth century. The thesis investigates the scant evidence there is for urban production in Norway, and compares it with the production of goods in English and Danish towns. The differences are explained by looking at how commercialised Norwegian, English and Danish societies were, and what factors could have caused the differences in the levels of commercialisation that can be observed. The factors that were considered to have had the most impact are geography, topography, climate and population, the relationship between the landowning class and the peasants, and the dominating position of merchants from the Hanse.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8093
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_7677
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2015 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDHIS-3900en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070::Middelalderhistorie: 081en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070::History of the Middle Ages: 081en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070::Økonomisk historie: 074en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070::Economic history: 074en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070en_US
dc.subjectbyhistorieen_US
dc.subjecttownsen_US
dc.subjecteconomyen_US
dc.subjectøkonomien_US
dc.subjecttextilesen_US
dc.subjecttextilesen_US
dc.subjectnorwegianen_US
dc.subjectenglishen_US
dc.subjectdanishen_US
dc.subjectcomparativeen_US
dc.subjecteconomicen_US
dc.subjectfunctionsen_US
dc.titleThe economy of Norwegian towns c. 1250-1350. A comparative study of the economic functions of towns in Norway, Denmark and England.en_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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