{"product_id":"money-markets-and-trade-in-late-medieval-europe-essays-in-honour-of-john-h-a-munro-9789004271951","title":"Money, Markets and Trade in Late Medieval Europe: Essays in Honour of John H.A. Munro","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAssembled in honour of John H. A. Munro (University of Toronto), the volume groups nineteen original studies by a diversified panel of scholars. The essays explore late medieval market mechanisms and associated institutional, fiscal and monetary, organizational, decision-making, legal and ethical issues, as well as various aspects of production, consumption and market integration. The geographical scope stretches from North-Western and Central Europe to North and West Africa, and the individual contributions deal with a variety of local, regional, and long-distance markets and networks. The mix of approaches, cutting-edge archival research, and presentations of current projects addresses the interests of scholars in diverse fields, from economic to social and institutional history. The volume offers a full bibliography of John H. A. Munro’s works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“this Festschrift in honor of the revered John Munro contains original and remarkable work, ..  are all characterized by a notable wealth of historical evidence, references, and sources. Given the scope of topics and the diversity of approaches, the volume should be of great interest to a wide range of scholars in diverse fields”  Karine van der Beek in EH.Net (September 2007)  “in its range and diversity the collection is a fine tribute to Munro’s work, and the bibliographies, not least that of his own publications, provide most valuable references”, Pamela Nightingale in Economic History Review, 61, 1 (2008)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Herman Van der Wee  Money and Ethics  Law, Ethics and Economy: Gerard of Siena and Giovanni d’Andrea on Usury Lawrin Armstrong Max Weber and Usury: Implications for Historical Research  Lutz Kaelber Taxation and Revenue The King’s Business in Africa: Decisions and Strategies of the Portuguese Crown  Ivana Elbl Civic Debt, Civic Taxes, and Urban Unrest: A Catalan Key to Interpreting the Late Fourteenth-Century European Crisis Jeffrey Fynn-Paul Tolls and Trade in Medieval England James Masschaele  Expenditure and War  Calculating Profits and Losses during the Hundred Years War  Kelly DeVries The Cost of Majesty: Financial Reform and the Development of the Royal Court in Portugal and England at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century Susannah C. Humble Ferreira Warfare, Shipping, and Crown Patronage: The Economic Impact of the Hundred Years War on the English Port Towns Maryanne Kowaleski  Land and Labour  Peasant Servitude in Later Medieval Provence: Archaism or Innovation?  John Drendel Bargaining Power and Institutional Change: Seven Centuries of Italian Sharecropping Contracts, 821 to 1517 A.D. Francesco Galassi Market Integration A Test Case for  Regional Market Integration? The Grain Trade between Malta and Sicily in the Fifteenth Century Mark Aloisio Capital Market and Central Place Function in Thirteenth-Century Ypres  David Nicholas Thresholds for Market Integration in the Low Countries and England in the Fifteenth Century  Richard W. Unger  Long-Distance Trade and Markets  Egyptian Specie Markets and the International Gold Crisis of the Fifteenth Century  Ian Blanchard From Venice to the Tuat: Trans-Saharan Copper Trade and Francesco di Marco Datini of Prato  Martin Malcolm Elbl The Borromei Bank Research Project  Francesco Guidi Bruscoli and J. L. Bolton  Regional and Local Markets  Shops and Shopping in the Thirteenth Century: Three Texts  Martha Carlin Movable\/Immovable, What’s in a Name?— The Case of Late Medieval Ghent  Martha Howell Cultivation and Consumption: Medieval Lübeck’s Gardens  Charlotte Masemann","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210650345815,"sku":"9789004271951","price":53.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/money-markets-and-trade-in-late-medieval-europe-essays-in-honour-of-john-h-a-munro-9789004271951","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}