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Item Details
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POWER AND PROFIT
THE MERCHANT IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE |
| By: |
Peter Spufford |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£24.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0500251185 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780500251188 |
| Publisher: |
THAMES & HUDSON LTD |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Description: |
A comprehensive picture of the role of merchants and money in the medieval world. It covers the financial revolutions of the 13th century that led to the rise of modern banking, borrowing and insurance; luxury markets; international fairs; trade routes; manufacturing; and the balance of trade. |
| Synopsis: |
The years between 1200 and 1500 saw the economy of Europe transformed from being rural, feudal and localized to being urban, capitalist and expansionist. Professor Spufford, who has made a lifelong study of these changes, here brings together a vast amount of material from archives all over the world - letters, account books, legal documents, civil records - to build up a comprehensive general picture. He has also personally travelled many of the roads, rivers and mountain passes that were the arteries of medieval trade, bringing the whole subject to vivid life. The eight chapters of the book cover the financial revolutions of the 13th century that led to the rise of modern banking, borrowing and insurance; the market in luxuries and the role of the great courts; international fairs; trade routes and the hazards of transport; raw materials; manufactured goods; the wealth of cities and nations; and the balance of trade between countries. |
| Illustrations: |
294 illustrations, (29 colour ) maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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