![]() ![]() ![]() Thus it is treated with contempt by both: economists reject it as unproductive and mathematically under-complex, historians as too quantitative, positivist, materialistic and, quite bluntly, ‘boring’. ![]() Already back in 1988, Carlo Cipolla in his classic introduction to economic history saw it caught between ‘Two Cultures’ – economics and history. Why should anyone, let alone a medievalist, care about economics and economic history? Economic history indeed has a difficult stand these days. Critiquing myself I am not wasting a reviewer’s time and I reap the added benefit of looking terribly modest and self-reflective. Would it not be more appropriate to have colleagues critically review the book and tear it to shreds? Upon deeper reflection it seems wise, however, to have the editor doing the job himself. Our centre leader’s request to write about a book I co-edited might seem unusual at first. Georg Christ, and Philipp Robinson Roessner, ed., History and Economic Life: A Student’s Guide to Approaching Economic and Social History Sources Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources, (London: Routledge, 2020) – a reflection ![]()
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