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Discussion Papers In Economics And Business.12-15

Mariners in Bristol in the seventeenth and eighteen centuries -An analysis based on probate inventories-

Okabe, Yoshihiko

Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) Osaka University

英語

2012-08

http://hdl.handle.net/11094/13944

The purpose of this research note is to study the mariner occupation in Bristol byanalyzing probate inventories from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A largepercentage of people were engaged in the occupation of a mariner, and this was aprimary occupation for many in Bristol. In this research note, the general distributionand value of mariners‟ inventories are determined. It is difficult to define the occupationof a mariner by referring to only one image. Almost all mariners belonged to themiddle-income group, but some inventories recorded very high values. High-valueinventories were particularly recorded in the seventeenth century. Hence, the marineroccupation belonged to the upper-middle-income group in the seventeenth century; later,this occupation gave way to that of low-wage worker in the eighteenth century. Theword “mariner" has a board meaning, and it cannot be restricted to only one occupation.

Mariners in Bristol in the seventeenth and eighteen centuries -An analysis based on probate inventories-

Okabe, Yoshihiko

Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) Osaka University

英語

2012-08

Discussion Papers In Economics And Business

12-15

http://hdl.handle.net/11094/13944