Power and profit : the merchant in medieval Europe / Peter Spufford
2003, 1st edition. New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #443734
ISBN: 0500251185
Physical description; 432 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. Contents; 1. The transformation of trade -- The commercial revolution of the thirteenth century -- The merchant who did not travel -- Merchants abroad -- Trading companies -- Commercial correspondence and couriers -- Bookkeeping, literacy and commercial arithmetic -- Insurance -- International banking -- Local banking -- Usury and interest rates -- Centre and periphery -- Staple towns -- Fairs -- Exchanges and brokers Information -- Careers in business -- Climate for growth and capital accumulation -- Money supply and economic change -- 2. Courts and consumers -- The wealth of rulers -- The palaces of rulers -- Princely town houses -- The composition of court cities -- The size of court cities -- City and country -- Feeding court cities -- Court cities and the trade in luxuries -- The demand for luxury food and drink -- The demand for luxury clothing -- The demand for plate and jewels -- Military demand -- Italian suppliers of luxuries -- 3. From court to counting house -- From Paris to Dijon -- Brie and Champagne -- Burgundy -- The Great -- St Bernard and Simplon passes -- Rhone valley routes to Italy -- The Mont Cenis route to Italy -- Sea routes to Italy -- 4. Helps and hindrances to trade -- Bridges -- The road revolution -- Mountain passes -- Commercial pressure for improvement -- Roads, rivers and lakes -- Local carriers and watermen -- Longer-distance carriers -- Loads, speeds and costs of carriage -- Inns -- Hospices -- Brigands and robbers -- Armed escorts -- Reprisal -- War -- Customs dues -- Tolls -- Quicker, cheaper and safer transport -- 5. Trade in manufactured goods -- Industrial regions -- Woollen cloth -- The manufacture of woollen cloth -- Silk fabrics -- Linens, cottons and fustians -- Paper -- Metal working -- Arms and armour -- Brass -- Glass -- Pottery -- Soap -- Soda ash -- Trade in 'works of art' -- Tapestries and carpets -- Opus Anglicanum and ivory -- Manuscript and printed books -- Imitation -- 6. Trade in foodstuffs, raw materials and slaves -- Grain -- Wine and beer -- Salt -- Olive oil -- Honey and wax -- Sugar -- Spices -- Silk -- Pearls and precious stones -- Raw materials at Bruges -- Building materials and fuel -- Metals -- Wool -- Wool from England -- Wool from Spain -- Cotton Flax and hemp -- Dyestuffs and alum -- Furs -- Slaves -- 7. Imbalances in trade -- The Black Sea and the Levant -- The Baltic -- North Africa -- England and Castile -- The Southern Netherlands and Northern Italy -- Southern Germany -- Silver and gold mines -- Miners, mine-owners, smelters and mints -- Mining towns -- Precious metals and European trade -- 8. Conclusion: the pattern of trade -- The scale of commercial activity -- Changes in land routes -- Sea routes Cost, speed and safety -- Main themes. Subjects; Commerce History Medieval, 500-1500. Merchants Europe History To 1500. Money Europe History To 1500. Merchants Europe Economic history Medieval period. Europe, Western Commerce History. Europe Economic conditions To 1492.
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