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070134 SE Research Seminar - The Price of Bread and the Reward of Labour (15th - 18th Centuries) (2019W)

Prices and wages as central data for the analysis of economic processes and the standard of the living

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The research seminar ends with a symposion. The date will be determined at the beginning of the seminar and could fall into the first week of February.

  • Tuesday 08.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 15.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 22.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 29.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 05.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 12.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 19.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 26.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 03.12. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 10.12. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 17.12. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 07.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 14.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 21.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 28.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Historical series of price and wage data are of high relevance in the analysis of past economic and social relations and processes. They have been systematically collected and edited by historians since the end of the 19th century. Furthermore, many archives still contain a lot of unedited material for the collection of these kind of data which enables students to establish local series by themselves in the context of this seminar. Methods of collection, treatment and presentation of this kind of data are well established and theories for the interpretation are still a matter of controversy.
The research seminar, which is linked to a research project on prices and wages in Vienna and Salzburg in the late medieval and early modern period, aims to enable and to guide the participants in the collection (out of manuscript sources) and interpretation of such data series. It provides at its beginning an introduction into the reading of relevant source material, the methodical treatment of the collected data and its interpretation. Participants are required to write and present a seminar paper based on self-collected data.
Knowledge and proficiency in MS-Excel is required for successful participation.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance; Engagement; seminar paper (ca. 20 pages manuscripte) and presentation of research results during the concluding Symposion.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Regular attendance (20%); engagement (20%); seminar paper and presentation (60%)

Examination topics

Reading list

Fernand Braudel/Frank Spooner, Die Preise in Europa von 1450 bis 1750, in: Fernand Braudel, Schriften zur Geschichte 2, Stuttgart 1993, 195ff.
Robert C. Allen, The Great Divergence in European Wages and Prices from the Middle Ages to the First World War, in: Explorations in Economic History 38 (2001), 411-447.

Association in the course directory

MA Geschichte: Mittelalter, Neuzeit, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (10 ECTS)
DIplom LA GSP: Vertiefung: Seminare (10 ECTS).

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