000			02072cam a2200397 4500500
005			20250121082003.0
041			_afre
042			_adc
100	1	0	_aVillain, Julien _eauthor
245	0	0	_aRural merchants and the commercial development of the countryside in 18th-century Europe. The case and central and southern Lorraine
260			_c2021.
500			_a45
520			_aThe goal of this inquiry is to assess the extent to which inhabitants in rural areas in 18th-century Europe took part in market relations, by taking the presence of merchants in villages as an index of the extent to which local economies were “commercialized”. This issue is explored here in central and southern Lorraine, a relatively well-off and developed area on the eve of the French Revolution. There was a high number of these rural merchants, either exporting local production or importing goods to be locally retailed. Far from being mere peddlers, they often ran a shop, though sometimes having to combine their trading with other activities, mostly agriculture, but also quite often a craft. While the rural commercial economy in Lorraine was undienably robust, it did not reach the level of activity found in the most dynamic economic regions of continental Europe, such as the Dutch United Provinces or southern England.
690			_apluriactivity
690			_aconsumption
690			_amerchants
690			_acommerce
690			_apeddling
690			_asocial hierarchies
690			_aservices
690			_acirculation
690			_astatistics
690			_acrafts
690			_apluriactivity
690			_aconsumption
690			_amerchants
690			_acommerce
690			_apeddling
690			_asocial hierarchies
690			_aservices
690			_acirculation
690			_astatistics
690			_acrafts
786	0		_nHistoire & Sociétés Rurales | 55 | 1 | 2021-06-24 | p. 43-84 | 1254-728x
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-histoire-et-societes-rurales-2021-1-page-43?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
999			_c499462 _d499462