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Klappentext A large-scale economic study by the historian William Cunningham (1849-1919), published in its first edition in 1882. Zusammenfassung The Growth of English Industry and Commerce, published in its first edition in 1882, was a large-scale economic study by the historian William Cunningham (1849–1919). This fifth edition of Volume I, published in 1910, covers the period of economic history during the Early and Middle Ages. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introductory Essay: 1. Past and present; 2. The scope of economic history; 3. Method and divisions; Part I. Early History: 1. Political and social environment; 2. The English in Frisia; 3. The conquest of Britain; 4. Early changes in Britain; 5. Danes; 6. Economic ideas and structure; Part II. Feudalism: 1. The Norman conquest and its effects; 2. Royal revenues; 3. Royal inquisitions; 4. Foreign intercourse; 5. Royal charters; 6. Royal, municipal, and manorial economy; Part III. Representation and Legislation: 1. Political and social conditions under the Edwards; 2. Consolidation; 3. Beginnings of commercial policy; 4. Craft guilds; 5. Economic doctrine; Part IV. Lancaster and York: 1. Disintegration and the beginnings of modern society; 2. The mercantile class and the labourers; 3. Commercial relationships; 4. Industry and internal trade; 5. Mediaeval and modern economic ideas contrasted; Part V. The Tudors: 1. Preliminary survey; 2. Accelerated rate of change; 3. Shipping; 4. The gilds; 5. The land question; 6. The revenue; 7. Changes in opinion; Appendix A. The assize of bread; Appendix B. Manorial records; Appendix C. Municipal life; Appendix D. The wool trade in the XIIIth and XIVth centuries; Appendix E. The immigration of alien craftsmen into England in Norman and Angevin times; Appendix F. Protection of native industry; List of authorities; Index.
