Description
Book SynopsisThis volume looks at the South German merchant community during Antwerp's Golden Age by examining German involvement in the social life of the city as well as by tracing merchants' commercial activities. The first section of the book considers the institutions of trade and the role Germans played in their development and how Germans interacted with other foreign merchant communities. The second section takes a wider view by tracing the commercial networks that South German merchants operated in and by quantifying South German participation in Antwerp's foreign trade.
Trade Review'Harreld casts considerable light on what has been a dark corner of the economic history of Antwerp.' James M. Murray, American Historical Review, 2005.
Table of ContentsCh. 1 Introduction 1 Ch. 2 The development of the Antwerp market before 1500 17 Ch. 3 Antwerp's foreign merchant communities 40 Ch. 4 The Germans in Antwerp 60 Ch. 5 Commerce and urban networks 95 Ch. 6 The infrastructure of Antwerp's German trade 114 Ch. 7 Trade between Antwerp and Germany in the sixteenth century 128 Ch. 8 German activities in the second half of the sixteenth century and the decline of the Antwerp market 172 Ch. 9 The German contribution 184 App. 1 Money 191 App. 2 Merchants with exports to Germany over 1000 [pound] Flemish Groot (1543-1545) 193 App. 3 Total value of exports from Antwerp to various German cities (1543-1545) 195 App. 4 Value of principal products exported from Antwerp to South German destinations (1543-1545)
