SC - Fw: Re: [SCA-U] Medieval vs modern economics

[Alderton, Philippa]

Thought this might be of interest to folks on this List....


Phlip

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Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

"All things are poisons.  It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a
poison and a remedy." -Paracelsus

Johnson: Oats -- a grain which in England sustains the horses, and in
Scotland, the men.
Boswell: Indeed, and where else will you find such horses, and such men?

- -----Original Message-----
From: J.Spiritstone <spiritst at PRAIRIE.NODAK.EDU>
To: SCA-UNIVERSITAS at LIST.UVM.EDU <SCA-UNIVERSITAS at LIST.UVM.EDU>
Date: Monday, December 27, 1999 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [SCA-U] Medieval vs modern economics


>This is from my Renaissance and Reformation class:
>Income and expenditures in the 16th Century
>
>        Lyon    Antwerp         US      UK      France  Italy
>        1550    1600            1950's-------------------->
>
>Food:   80%     79              22      31      38      46
>Shelter: 15%    11              10      14      8       6
>clothing: 5%    10              14      13      11      15
>
>totals: 100     100             46      58      57      67
>
>NO discretionary income         33 to 54% discretionary income
>
>Food was a status symbol, if you could hold feasts of great excess to show
>respect to people or for weddings you were doing good.
>
>Clothing was a status symbol, to distinguish yourself from the poor. "Long
>coats  or jackets with fur collars, belts with silver or gold clasps.
Clothing
>was so precious that it was left to offspring in official wills"
>Credit to Dr. Ineke Justitz, North Dakota State University.
>
>I know it's really late period, but it really gave me an idea about where
money
>was going. Hope that helps!
>
>Samee'nah al-Zahra
>Korsvag, Northshield, Midrealm
>
>
>> sunshinegirl writes:
>>
>> >  I would be interested in a comparative value on somethings.
>> >  For example - what would a cow cost in the middle ages (take your pick
as
>> >  to time)  How many days labor would that be?  What would be the
equivelent
>> >  (days labor, etc) in modern terms?
>> >  I read someplace that a nutmeg was worth its weight in gold.  What
would be
>> >  the modern $ of that?
>> >  What would a suit of plate cost?  Chain?  a horse?  loaf of bread?
>> >  What are sources of such information?
>>

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