Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-231) and index.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements ; 1 Credit in medieval trade ; SALE CREDITS; LOANS AND INVESTMENTS; CREDIT AND GASH; 2 Private financial instruments in medieval England ; THE OBLIGATION (THE BOND, THE RECOGNISANCE, THE BILL OBLIGATORY); THE TRANSFER OF OBLIGATIONS; THE LETTER OF PAYMENT ('TRATTA', BILL OF EXCHANGE); 3 Partnership in English medieval commerce
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4 The trade of medieval Europe: the North I. THE TRADE IN GENERAL; II. THE AGE OF EXPANSION; III. THE AGE OF CONTRACTION; 5 The economic and political relations of England and the Hanse from 1400 to 1475 ; I. THE RIVALRY; 2. THE THREE SUCCESSES (1400 TO 1437); 3. THE FAILURE (1437 TO 1475); 4. THE TRADE; 6 Economic relations between eastern and western Europe
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I . THE SOUTHERN ROUTES OF EAST-WEST TRADE2. THE NORTHERN ROUTE: ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; 3. THE NORTHERN ROUTE: THE COMMODITIES; 4. THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF TRADING RELATIONS; 7 Italians and the economic development of England in the Middle Ages ; 8 The medieval wool trade ; 9 English studies of the customs accounts ; Index
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Professor Postan's work on the social and economic history of the Middle Ages has had an enormous influence upon the study of medieval history and upon the development of the subject. His essays represent his major contribution and are a unique and valuable addition to the literature. Twenty-two essays are gathered together into two volumes: Essays on Medieval Agriculture and General Problems of the Medieval Economy and Medieval Trade and Finance. Previously published elsewhere, frequently in obscure places, over a period from 1928 to 1972, they are still used today by students and scholars in all branches of medieval and economic history as well as by social scientists and economists more generally.