Medieval Merchants - York, Beverley and Hull in the Later Middle Ages

Klappentext An analysis of merchant lives in three northern British cities in the later middle ages. Zusammenfassung Merchants were the most important political and commercial group in medieval towns. This book adopts a holistic approach by integrating a very wide range of evidence to provide an inclusive picture of merchant society through the lives of over 1400 individuals. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: J.i. Kermode, Jennifer Kermode, Jenny Kermode, Jenny (University of Liverpool) Kermode
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.1998
• EAN: 9780521497374
• ISBN: 978-0-521-49737-4
• No. of pages: 404
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches