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A history of business in medieval Europe, 1200-1550
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ISBN: 0521499232 0521495814 1139159755 9786613340887 1139155199 0511626002 1283340887 113916077X 1139158724 1139156969 9781139160773 1107189462 9780511626005 9780521495813 9780521499231 Year: 1999 Volume: *15 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book demolishes the widely held view that the phrase 'medieval business' is an oxymoron. The authors review the entire range of business in medieval western Europe, probing its Roman and Christian heritage to discover the economic and political forces that shaped the organization of agriculture, manufacturing, construction, mining, transportation and marketing. Businessmen's responses to the devastating plagues, famines, and warfare that beset Europe in the late Middle Ages are equally well covered. Medieval businessmen's remarkable success in coping with this hostile new environment was 'a harvest of adversity' that prepared the way for the economic expansion of the sixteenth century. Two main themes run through this book. First, the force and direction of business development in this period stemmed primarily from the demands of the elite. Second, the lasting legacy of medieval businessmen was less their skillful adaptations of imported inventions than their brilliant innovations in business organization.

Ale, beer and brewsters in England : women's work in a changing world, 1300-1600
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ISBN: 0195126505 9780195126501 0195073908 0195360796 1280526092 1429401141 0199879443 9780195073904 9781429401142 9781280526091 9786610526093 6610526095 9780195360790 9780199879441 0197711111 Year: 2023 Publisher: New York ; Oxford University Press,

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In 1300, women brewed and sold most of the ale drunk in England, but by 1600 the industry was largely controlled by men. This work asks how, when, and why brewing ceased to be a woman's trade. In doing so, it sheds light on the effects of early capitalism on the status of women's work.


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Before the industrial revolution : European society and economy, 1000-1700
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ISBN: 0416809103 0416809006 9780416809107 9780416809008 Year: 1976 Publisher: London Methuen


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The Hanse in medieval and early modern Europe
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ISBN: 9789004212527 9789004241930 9004212523 9004241930 1283939754 Year: 2012 Publisher: Leiden : Brill,

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The Hanse, an organization of towns and traders in medieval and early modern Europe, was a unique phenomenon. At the same time, it was embedded in the northern European urban and mercantile culture. The contributions in this volume therefore seek to highlight the atypical features of the Hanse, and place them in a wider context of common roots, influences and parallel developments. New research is presented on the origin and growth of the Hanse, the organization of trade, legal history, interaction with non-Hansards and transitions in the Hanse in the early modern period. Moreover, the historiography of the Hanse, problems of source criticism and possibilities for future research are discussed. The volume is an inspiring guide to Hanse studies. Contributors are Carsten Jahnke, Edda Frankot, Sofia Gustafsson, James M. Murray, Mike Burkhardt, Marie-Louise Pelus-Kaplan, Stuart Jenks, and Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz.

Histoire économique et sociale de la Grande-Bretagne
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ISBN: 2020045370 2020045389 9782020045377 9782020045384 Year: 1977 Publisher: Paris Éditions du Seuil


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La monnaie, le prince et le marchand : une analyse économique des phénomènes monétaires au Moyen Age.
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ISSN: 21089868 22657711 ISBN: 9782812401985 2812401982 Year: 2010 Volume: 2 2 Publisher: Paris Classiques garnier


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De l'or et des épices : naissance de l'homme d'affaires au Moyen Age
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ISBN: 2213020698 9782213020693 Year: 1987 Volume: vol *17 Publisher: Paris Fayard

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