Medieval Merchants

ISBN-13: 9780521497374 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 404 str.

Jenny Kermode; Jennifer Kermode

Opis

This book is based on the biographies of some 1400 individuals who lived in three northern English towns during the later Middle Ages. It analyzes the many aspects of merchant society: achievements in politics, attitudes toward religion, the family, wider circles of friends and business acquaintances, and the nature and conduct of trade. Merchants were at the core of urban society and played a central role in the development of urban mentalite. This is one of the broadest studies of them yet published, integrating a very wide range of original sources.

Recenzje

'… a solid piece of work which one can recommend unreservedly'. Alan Dyer, Economic History Review

Spis treści

1. Introduction; Part I. Society and Politics: 2. Merchants in town government; 3. Merchant society: families, dependants and friends, the evidence of wills; 4. Merchants and religion, the evidence of wills; Part II. Entrepreneurship and Capital Accumulation: 5. The geography and composition of trade; 6. Transaction costs; 7. Business and finance; 8. Trade and competition; 9. Mercantile estates: profits and losses considered; 10. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography.