Medieval merchants : York, Beverley and Hull in the later Middle Ages

Author:J. I. Kermode

Summary: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.

Print Book, English, 2002

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002

Series:

Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought, 38

Genre:History

Physical Description:402 pages : genealogical tables, maps ; 23 cm

ISBN:

9780521522748, 0521522749

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1065046732

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Originally published: 1998