{"product_id":"high-germans-in-the-low-countries-german-merchants-and-commerce-in-golden-age-antwerp-9789004141049","title":"High Germans in the Low Countries: German Merchants and Commerce in Golden Age Antwerp","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Harreld casts considerable light on what has been a dark corner of the economic history of Antwerp.' James M. Murray, American Historical Review, 2005.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCh. 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)","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210599391575,"sku":"9789004141049","price":135.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/high-germans-in-the-low-countries-german-merchants-and-commerce-in-golden-age-antwerp-9789004141049","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}