Prof. John H. Munro munro5@chass.utoronto.ca

Department of Economics john.munro@utoronto.ca

University of Toronto http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/munro5/

BIBLIOGRAPHIES FOR ECO 201Y: 'B'-LIST TOPICS

Topics in the Economic History of Later Medieval and Early Modern Europe, c. 1250-1750

These bibliographies are in the short-format only. Please see the general notes about bibliographies for undergraduate economic history courses.

The following topics are on the 'B'-list for 2001- 2002; and some of them will be transferred to the 'A'-list for the following year, when most of this year's 'A'-list topics will, conversely, become 'B'-list topics. Each year a different set of 10 topics, 5 topics for each of the two terms, is chosen from the Master List of essay topics, though with some occasional duplications, of the most important topics.

The numbers for these topics are those in the Topic Number in the Master List of Essay/Tutorial Topics for Eco. 201Y1. You should refer to this Master List for a more detailed discussion of the debates about and thus the significance of each of these major topics, in European economic history.

See: http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/munro5/201TUTOP.pdf

To retrieve these bibliographies, click on the blue-highlighted topic number for the html version, and on the highlighted words 'Also in pdf format', for that version; but do so only in the html version of this document (since the pdf version will not give you that access). There are no statistical tables or any other appendices in the short-format of these bibliographies. Usually presented in just two pages, they contain the most important readings and some key questions to be considered.

FIRST TERM: Fall Term, Sept. - Dec. 2001:

Topic no. 3 . The Problem of Serfdom in European Economic Development, II: The Spread of Serfdom in Eastern Europe, ca. 1400 - ca. 1700 Also available in pdf format.

Topic no. 4 Feudal Governments, Warfare, Taxation, and Economic Crisis in Late-Medieval Europe, c. 1250 - 1500. Also available in pdf format

Topic no. 6 . Monetary Problems and 'Economic Conjuncture' in Late-Medieval Europe, ca. 1290 - ca. 1520: Inflation and Deflation in Late-Medieval Economy and Relative Price Changes. Also available in pdf format

Topic no. 8 . The Dynamics of Change in Late-Medieval Industry, ca. 1250 - ca. 1460: Textile Manufacturing in Western Europe (Italy, the Low Countries, France, and England). Also available in pdf format

Topic no.11 . The Inauguration of the Age of Overseas Expansion: Maritime Explorations and the Establishment of the Portuguese and Spanish Overseas Empires, c. 1450 - 1600. Also available in pdf format

Topic no. 12 . The Rise and Expansion of The Dutch Commercial Empire: ca. 1360 - ca. 1650. Also available in pdf format

SECOND TERM 'B' LIST TOPICS: Jan. - Apr. 2002

Topic no. 14 . The Era of the European 'Price Revolution', ca. 1540-1640: Inflation and Economic Growth. Also available in pdf format

Topic no. 16 . The Social Costs of Agricultural Modernization: The Tudor-Stuart Enclosure Movements in England, from ca. 1480 to ca. 1700. Also available in pdf format

Topic no. 18 . On the Industrial 'Origins' of the Industrial Revolution: The Nef Thesis on Industrial Change in Tudor-Stuart England, ca. 1540 - 1640. Also available in pdf format

Topic no. 19 . Social and Agrarian Changes in Early-Modern France: the Decline of Feudalism, Rural 'Embourgeoisement' and the Seigneurial Reaction, 1480 to 1789. Also available in pdf format

Topic no. 22 . The 'Proto-Industrialization' Debate: The Mendels Thesis on Rural Handicraft Industries in Early Modern Europe and the Transition to Modern Urban Industrialization. Also available in pdf format .

Topic no. 23 . The Economic Declines of Italy and Spain in the 17th Century: Aspects of the European 'General Crisis'? Also available in pdf format .

Topic no. 25 . The Economic Decline of the Netherlands in the Eighteenth Century: Absolute or Relative? Also available in pdf format .