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THE MERCHANT IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE

Peter Spufford

 
 

Thames & Hudson, London, 2002, 432 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, maps, illustrations

 
 

Reviewer's Comments: The author devoted years to personal on site research in European towns as well as of course in archives and libraries. The result is a magnificent, highly illustrated, study of the many different aspects of commerce in the later middle ages. The content directly refutes much misunderstanding of the development of commerce and the role and status of merchants during this era.

 
 

Preface

 
 

Chapter 1 - The transformation of trade

 
 

Chapter 2 - Courts and consumers

 
 

Chapter 3 - From court to counting house

 
 

Chapter 4 - Helps and hindrances to trade

 
 

Chapter 5 - Trade in manufactured goods

 
 

Chapter 6 - Trade in foodstuffs, raw materials, and slaves

 
 

Chapter 7 - Imbalances in trade

 
 

Chapter 8 - Conclusion: the pattern of trade

 
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