Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . s this was called, was harshly punished, but that did not stopthe practice, which continued for hundreds of years. Nowadaysour coins areperfectly roundand often havemilled edges,so that no onewould think oftrying to appro-priate bits ofthem as theypass throughhis hands. It was univer-sally believedthat everythinghad a justprice, which wasmerely enoughto cover thecost of the ma-terials used inits manufacture and to remunerate the maker for the work he had p
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . s this was called, was harshly punished, but that did not stopthe practice, which continued for hundreds of years. Nowadaysour coins areperfectly roundand often havemilled edges,so that no onewould think oftrying to appro-priate bits ofthem as theypass throughhis hands. It was univer-sally believedthat everythinghad a justprice, which wasmerely enoughto cover thecost of the ma-terials used inits manufacture and to remunerate the maker for the work he had put into was considered outrageous to ask more than the just price, nomatter how anxious the purchaser might be to obtain the article. Every manufacturer was required to keep a shop in which he Difficultiesoffered at retail all that he made. Those who lived near a town wholesaS °were permitted to sell their products in the market place withinthe walls on condition that they sold directly to the might not dispose of their whole stock to one dealer, forfear that if he had all there was of a commodity he might raise.
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