English summary: Focusing on the example of England and starting in the Middle Ages, this book examines the rise of modern market society. The author emphasizes the singularity of the English case and thus challenges the idea of a Western pattern of commercialization. German description: Am Beispiel Englands rekonstruiert das Buch den Jahrhunderte uberspannenden Prozess der Kommerzialisierung, der die moderne Marktgesellschaft...