1. The historiography of medieval markets, much of it concerning England, has examined them within fairly narrow limits. For the establishment and survival of markets, see R. H. Britnell, “The Proliferation of Markets in England, 1200–1349,” Economic History Review, n.s. 34, no. 2 (1981): 209–221;
2. James Masschaele, “The Multiplicity of Medieval Markets Reconsidered,” Journal of Historical Geography 20, no. 3 (1994): 255–271;
3. and Mavis Mate, “The Rise and Fall of Markets in Southeast England,” Canadian Journal of History 31 (1996): 59–86.
4. R. H. Hilton, “Medieval Market Towns and Simple Commodity Production,” Past and Present 109 (1985): 3–23;
5. and Christopher Dyer, “The Consumer and the Market in the Later Middle Ages,” Economic History Review, n.s. 42, no. 3 (1989): 305–327 investigate specific purposes of markets,