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The collection of essays in the book 'Progress and Problems in Medieval England: Essays in Honour of Edward Miller,' can be distinguished from other collections not only in their excellence but in their unity of concepts. The primary concepts of medieval English economic history regarding demographic, commercial, monetary and peasant agrarian history are all integrated into one book. It starts with a set of three analyses on the 12th and 13th centuries when northern England had a greater rate of demographic and economic growth than the southern region.

Looks at the oscillation problem in the bimetallic ratio during the century following Europe's resumption of gold coinages in 1252. Factors that might have influenced the fluctuations in bimetallic ratio; Status of the money market in 1321-1332; Reason behind the popularity of producing luxury silver items in Italian cities during the 1321-1332 era.