Baghdad, Commerce and the Round City
An 11 minute video on medieval Baghdad. Today, Baghdad is a battered city. But we need to remember that before the ruins, from the…
The Role of the Town in the Bohemia of the Later Middle Ages
The Role of the Town in the Bohemia of the Later Middle Ages By Frederick G. Heymann Journal of World History / Cahiers…
Fiduciary Media and Banking in Medieval Venice Revisited
Fiduciary Media and Banking in Medieval Venice Revisited By Richard C B Johnsson Mises Institute Working Papers (2002) Abstract: At the center of the trade…
Prices in the Medieval Near East and Europe
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.
Foreign Merchants in Medieval Barcelona
Foreign Merchants in Medieval Barcelona By Guillem d’Efak FULLANA FERRÉ, Alberto RIBAS CASASAYAS, Núria SAURI SÁNCHEZ and Máxim SERRANOS SOLER Paper given at…
Iron-working in medieval Perth: a case of town and country?
Iron-working in medieval Perth: a case of town and country? Effie Photos-Jones & John A Atkinson Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of…
Feeding Medieval European Cities, 600-1500
Feeding Medieval European Cities, 600-1500 By Derek Keene E-seminars in history (1998) Introduction: I’m taking it as axiomatic, first that the large city cannot exist without…
London merchants and the Borromei bank in the 1430s: local credit networks and the transfer of skills
London merchants and the Borromei bank in the 1430s: local credit networks and the transfer of skills By J.L. Bolton XIV International Economic…
Building a city. Spaces and real estate dynamics in Rome in the XV century
Building a city. Spaces and real estate dynamics in Rome in the XV century By Donatella Strangio XIV International Economic History Congress (2006)…
The Merchant credit in Coventry of late Middle Ages
The Merchant credit in Coventry of late Middle Ages By Makarov Andrei Alexandrovitch XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: It is well…
The Medieval Account Books of the Mercers of London
The Medieval Account Books of the Mercers of London: An Edition and Translation By Lisa Jefferson Ashgate Publishing, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-7546-6404-8 As the…
Polish-Flemish Trade in the Middle Ages
Polish-Flemish Trade in the Middle Ages By Marion Malowist Baltic and Scandinavian Countries, Vol.4:1 (1938) Synopsis: Comparatively little is known regarding Poland’s foreign trade…
Bruges and the German Hanse: Brokering European Commerce
Bruges and the German Hanse: Brokering European Commerce By Peter Stabel The Sea in European History, edited by Luc François and Ann Katherine Isaacs (University…
The Rise and Decline of Italian city-states
Communes, as they became known by the thirteenth century, developed into municipal bodies engaged in local government, which depended on external seigneurial or monarchial authority for fiscal, military and trade relations and matters of high justice…