A History of Business in Medieval Europe 1200-1550

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Author: Edwin S. Hunt

ISBN-10: 0521499232

ISBN-13: 9780521499231

Category: Economic Conditions

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This book reviews business in medieval western Europe, probing its Roman and Christian heritage to discover the economic and political forces that shaped its organization.

List of illustrationsIntroduction1Pt. IBefore the Black Death: progress and problems1Economics, culture, and geography of early medieval trade112Tools of trade: business organization313Traders and their tools524The politics of business755Business gets bigger: the super-company phenomenon99Pt. IIBusiness in the late Middle Ages: a harvest of adversity6The new business environment of the Middle Ages1327Business responses to the new environment1518The fifteenth century: revolutionary results from old processes1789Sources of capital in the late Middle Ages20410A new age for business226Conclusions246Notes250Further reading260Index269