Fr. 52.50

Flemish Textile Workers in England, 1331–1400 - Immigration, Integration and Economic Development

English · Paperback / Softback

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"This study explores the economic contribution of immigrant textile workers from the Low Countries who settled in England in the fourteenth century. Providing historical context for contemporary debates on the free movement of people, it will appeal to scholars interested in medieval and migration history"--

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Introduction; 1. Anglo-Flemish economic relations, complex urban revolts and the politics of collective exile in Flanders; 2. Flemish and Brabantine immigrants as permanent residents in England 1351-1400; 3. Social relationships and business networks of the Flemish community in England; 4. Economic activities of the immigrants from the low countries: wool and woollen cloth production and trade; 5. Women from the low countries in England and their economic activities; 6. Anti-Fleming sentiment and the Peasants' Revolt of 1381; Conclusion.

About the author

Milan Pajic is the Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow at Freie Universität Berlin. This is his first book.

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