This work on technology transfer between Europe and overseas begins with firearms and maritime conquest; goes on to cover the outward transmission of European technology; describes the persistence of indigenous tools and modes of organization; and shows selective adoption of Western technology.

This volume continues the "Authors of the Middle Ages" series. It discusses the life, writings and influence of William Caxton, Bishop Reginald Pecock, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar and John Capgrave.

This volume focuses on western economic expansion within the Eastern Mediterranean from the 11th-15th century. It examines the presence of the powers and their subjects in these regions, and industrial competition between Venice and the cities of the Italian mainland.