Business Ethics according to Christine de Pizan
How should one run a business? For Christine de Pizan, the famous medieval French writer, those who lived by trade should follow these simple rules.
New Medieval Books: Records of Medieval Newmarket
This book offers translations of various court and manorial records from Newmarket, a small town in southeastern England.
Massive early medieval wine factory discovered in Israel
A huge 1,500-year-old industrial estate has been uncovered in archeological excavations in the Israeli city of Yavne. During the Byzantine era this site could have produced as much as two million litres of wine every year.
Could a pandemic destroy an economy? Iran and the Black Death
A look back at the Black Death reveals how even regions that were not hard-hit by the plague would find themselves suffering other repercussions.
Human Trafficking 1000 years ago
Human trafficking was taking place in the Mediterranean a thousand years ago. A recent article takes a look at how and why this business was taking place.
The Squirrel Fur Trade in 14th Century Novgorod
In the early part of the 14th century, high-quality, brilliantly-colored woolen fabrics became available in Western Europe. It was discovered that lush, gray-white, northern squirrel fur was an ideal complement to this type of cloth.