Modern historiography has not fully appreciated the ecological complexity of the Silk Roads. As a result, it has failed to understand their antiquity, or to grasp their full importance in Eurasian history.
The evolutionary dynamics of the credit relationship between Henry III and Flemish merchants, 1247-1270
December 13, 2011 By
Within England, the royal household was by far the biggest single customer for cloth,
wax and other high-status goods.
Medieval Market Design: Product Grouping on Medieval Fairs
October 23, 2011 By
Medieval Market Design: Product Grouping on Medieval Fairs Boerner, Lars (Humboldt University Berlin) Paper given at the European Historical Economics Society Conference (2005) Abstract This paper presents insights into the market microstructure of the late Middle Ages, particularly the market design of medieval fairs. It shows that different product genres were grouped. This grouping was […]
Early medieval port customs, tolls and controls on foreign trade
October 10, 2011 By
Early medieval port customs, tolls and controls on foreign trade Middleton, Neil Early Medieval Europe, Vol.13:4 (2005) Abstract The objective of this paper is to offer a fresh perspective on the nature and organization of international trade in early medieval ports from the evidence of documentary sources on tolls and customs, trading practices and controls on […]
The State as an Enforcer in Early Venetian Trade: a Historical Institutional Analysis
October 9, 2011 By
The State as an Enforcer in Early Venetian Trade: a Historical Institutional Analysis González de Lara, Yadira (Dep. of Economic Analysis. University of Alicante) Paper given at the Fifth World Congress of Cliometrics - Venice International University • Venice, Italy July 8-11, (2004) latest version: April 13, (2005) Abstract Venice commercial rise hinged on her ability to do business with borrowed […]
The status of French in medieval England: evidence from the use of object pronoun syntax
September 15, 2011 By
The status of French in medieval England: evidence from the use of object pronoun syntax Ingham, Richard (UCE Birmingham) Vox Romanica 65 (2006) Abstract The special status of Anglo-Norman (AN) in relation to continental French has recently been subject to renewed debate, one perspective emphasising its sui generis status as a second language in England […]
Transparency, Contract Selection and the Maritime Trade of Venetian Crete, 1303-1351
August 28, 2011 By
Transparency, Contract Selection and the Maritime Trade of Venetian Crete, 1303-1351 Williamson, Dean V. US Department of Justice, July (2001) Abstract The paper explores how merchants enabled long-distance trade in the Mediterranean before and after the Black Death. The Black Death disrupted the flows of information about commercial prospects upon which merchants depended for deciding when, […]
Framing ‘Piracy’: restitution at sea in the later Middle Ages
August 21, 2011 By
Framing ‘Piracy’: restitution at sea in the later Middle Ages Dick, Bryan D. PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow, January (2010) Abstract The focus of the thesis is the diplomatic and legal implications of the capture of ships at sea in the later Middle Ages. It challenges key assumptions in much secondary literature concerning the definition […]
La guerra en cors amb els països musulmans occidentals en els primers
August 4, 2011 By
La guerra en cors amb els països musulmans occidentals en els primers anys del regnat de Jaume II (1291-1309) FERRER I MALLOL, MARIA TERESAInstitució Milà i Fontanals CSIC, Barcelona ANUARIO DE ESTUDIOS MEDIEVALES (AEM) 38/2, julio-diciembre de (2008) Abstract This article refers to some instances of privateering and piracy between the Catalan subjects of the […]
Leveraging Reputation: Guidaticums in Medieval Spain
August 3, 2011 By
Leveraging Reputation: Guidaticums in Medieval Spain Smith, Daniel J. (George Mason University) Troy University – Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy, October 31 (2010) Abstract The ability of traditional reputational mechanisms to facilitate wide scale self-enforcing exchange becomes severely limited as the number of agents, or their social distance, increases. While ex ante signaling […]
Funduq, Fondaco, and Khan in the Wake of Christian Commerce and Crusade
July 21, 2011 By
Funduq, Fondaco, and Khan in the Wake of Christian Commerce and Crusade Olivia Remie, Constable The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Washington, D.C. (2001) Abstract The arrival of the Crusaders in the Near East brought warfare to the region, but their coming also encouraged an […]
Commercial relations between the Basque Provinces and England in the Later Middle Ages, c.1200-c.1500
June 5, 2011 By
Commercial relations between the Basque Provinces and England in the Later Middle Ages, c.1200-c.1500 Childs, Wendy R. (University of Leeds) Itsas Memoria: Revista de Estudios Maritimos de Pais Vasco, 4 (2003) Abstract Basque activity in England and English Gascony is visible from the early thirteenth century, but many English records of this period describe the merchants […]
The Resolution of Commercial Conflicts in Bruges, Antwerp, and Amsterdam (1250-1650)
May 29, 2011 By
The Resolution of Commercial Conflicts in Bruges, Antwerp, and Amsterdam (1250-1650) Gelderblom, Oscar (Utrecht University) Merchants in the Low Countries: The Organization of Long-Distance Trade in Bruges, Antwerp, and Amsterdam (1250-1650) (2008) Abstract Even if merchants carefully select their trading partners and closely monitor their behavior, chances remain that the other party walks away with either goods […]
The Secret Of Venetian Success: The Role Of The State In Financial Markets
May 22, 2011 By
The Secret Of Venetian Success: The Role Of The State In Financial Markets González de Lara, Yadira (Universidad de Alicante, Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económic) Editor: Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A., Universidad de Alicante, September (2005) Abstract The commercial success of Venice hinged on her merchants’ ability to do business with borrowed money. However, to […]
PAYMENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCE IN PRE-INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
May 8, 2011 By
PAYMENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCE IN PRE-INDUSTRIAL EUROPE Kohn, Meir Working Paper, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College, November (2001) Abstract The principal driving force in the development of the financial system of pre-industrial Europe was not lending per se, but payments. Trade among strangers required the development of methods of payment that did not require mutual […]
The Culture of the Medieval Merchant
February 21, 2009 By
Examines various sources, including written documents, legal sources and art, to see what were the cultural pursuits and interests of medieval merchants.
Prices in the Medieval Near East and Europe
January 12, 2009 By
This phase of growth came to a stop with the Black Death beginning in 1347. Population declined, as well as agricultural and industrial production. The Near East suffered from impoverishment during the second half of the fifteenth century, according to Ashtor. Grain prices fell because of declining demand. Compared to the previous century, standards of living were reduced for the great majority.
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