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HN comment orderMedieval pricing and economy is interesting. I just listened a lecture last summer. These were not free market prices. "Fair price" was moral issue within the community. You could not charge too much extra if the customer faced sudden urgent demand. And buyer was not allowed to exploit the seller either. Exploiting temporary scarcity or oversupply when bargaining would get you into trouble with the law, the guild etc. Determining the fair price level was delicate political process.
I find it interesting that while wages were very low when compared to today, the price of objects are not so different when priced in silver. Using a bit of googling it looks like a £ in the 1300's was, as the name states, a pound of silver. The exact amount of silver varied a bit over time but this comes out to be about 350g of silver or ~$200. So a War Horse at £80 is $16,000 Axe: 5d…
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- Total points
- 496
- Total comments
- 194
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-17 | Medieval Price List | chucksmash | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-11-12 | List of price of medieval items (2006)First breakout | benbreen | 146 | 48 |
| 2019-11-30 | Medieval Price ListBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | danso | 347 | 146 |