Medieval in-kind tax lists are goldmines of food price and product data

Evidence

An important contribution of the medieval historians is the lists of taxes and tributes which they sometimes provide. Many of these were levied in kind, and the enumeration of places, products, quantities, and prices can also be extremely informative. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 225

Categorization

Category: Craft and Method

• SEED: Angle: using medieval tribute and tax lists as an economic history dataset for reconstructing regional food economies.