Medieval Merchants

York, Beverley and Hull in the Later Middle Ages
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-521-52274-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 653 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series

This book is based on some 1400 individuals who lived in three northern English towns during the later middle ages. It analyses the many aspects of merchant society visible to the historian: achievements in politics, attitudes towards religion, the family, wider circles of friends and business acquaintances, and the nature and conduct of trade at every level. Merchants were at the core of urban society, accumulating more wealth than most other townsfolk and developing a distinctive outlook and entrepreneurship in response to the opportunities and pressures of long-distance trade. They played a central role in the development of urban mentalité using political rhetoric to promote a corporatist view of urban society, while their spending on charity, on public works, and on religious observance shaped social attitudes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kermode, Jenny

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.