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The origin, assortments and transport of Baltic timber
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Urban networks and emerging states in the North Sea and Baltic Areas: a maritime culture?
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The Secret of Venetian Success: Public-order yet Reputation-based Institutions
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Iconography of Imperial coinage of Medieval Serbia
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Contracting Trust: An Exploratory Essay on Islamic Institutions and Enforcement Mechanisms in Saharan Trade
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Ambassadors, Explorers, and Allies: A Study of African-European Diplomatic Relationships, 1400-1600
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Genoese Trade with Syria in the Twelfth Century
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Taking the Templar Habit: Rule, Initiation Ritual, and the Accusations against the Order
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Spenser and the Search for Asian Silk
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Byzantine Textiles
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The symbiosis of towns and textiles: urban institutions and the changing fortunes of cloth manufacturing in the Low Countries and England, 1270 – 1570
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The Wool Trade In English Medieval History
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Foundation Myth as Legal Formant: The Medieval Law Merchant and the New Lex Mercatoria
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The Black Death and the origins of the ‘Great Divergence’ across Europe, 1300–1600
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The Vikings in the East : a Survey of Settlement, Trade and Military Activity c.700 – 1100
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An Early Age of Commerce in Southeast Asia, 900–1300 CE
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Open access, nodal points, and central places. Maritime communication and locational principles for costal sites in South Scandinavia, 400-1200 AD
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Merchant Networks in the Crown of Castile Cities between Medieval and Early Modern Age
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From Dubrovnik to Florence: Recruitment of Servants in the Fifteenth Century
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The Eastern Luxury Nexus in Middle-Byzantine Literature: A Reality Check
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The Wine Trade in Bristol in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
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Clothworkers and Social Protest: The Case of Thomas Deloney
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The Crusading Motivation of the Italian City Republics in the Latin East, c. 1096-1104
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