> This article is useless without > udnerstanding prices is the whole point of the article Says you! What can you learn from such an article? A list of prices

> This article is useless without > udnerstanding prices is the whole point of the article Says you! What can you learn from such an article? A list of prices of goods can give you something of a picture of life at the time, by considering the relative cost of things. How expensive was University? Consider it relative the cost of feeding oneself. How was wealth concentrated in population centers? Consider the difference in prices in London vs. elsewhere. You can ask the same sorts of questions about marriage, funerals, travel.