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  • New insights from a quantitative analysis of the English and Baltic grain trade using the Sound Toll Register

    The Sound Toll Register is a valuable source of information on trade patterns in the Baltic region from 1497 to 1857. It is a detailed record of the tolls collected on goods passing through the Danish-controlled Sound, a narrow strait that connects the Baltic Sea to the North Sea. The register provides information on the Read more

  • Food systems past and present: the history and politics of grain

    This blog featured first on History Matters, a blog series run by the University of Sheffield History Department. Thanks to the editors for also allowing us to share it here. The politics of grain found new relevance at the beginning of this year when Putin’s war with Ukraine sparked fears of a ‘global food crisis’. Read more

  • The Evolution of the Project

    In this first blog post, Principal Investigator Professor Mike Braddick reflects on the evolution of the idea for ‘The Politics of the English Grain Trade’ from the 1980s to now. For me, this project has been a long time in the making.  In the later 1980s I did a PhD on tax resistance based around Read more