A History of Business in Medieval Europe, 1200-1550
- About this editionISBN: 9780521499231, 0521499232Page count: 277Published: March 28, 1999Format: PaperbackPublisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishAuthor: Edwin S. Hunt, Hunt, James M.. Murray, James Murray
Two main themes run through the book. First, the force and direction of business development in this period stemmed primarily from the demands of the elite. Second, the lasting legacy of medieval businessmen was less their skillful adaptations of imported inventions than their brilliant innovations in business organization.Source: PublisherOther editionsApr 13, 199919991999Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University PressHardcoverE-book—277 pages277 pages277 pagesCommon terms and phrasesMore terms and phrasesShow lessGet bookBorrowFind in a librarySearch in WorldCat.Search WorldCatSimilar booksThe Commercial Revolution of the Middle Ages, 950-1350By Robert S. Lopez, Robert Sabatino LopezProfessor Robert Lopez provides an incisive analysis of the economic structure of the Middle Ages. He makes use of modern economic concepts to explain how an underdeveloped economic system gave birth ...Holy Feast and Holy FastThe Religious Significance of Food to Medieval WomenBy Caroline Walker BynumIn the period between 1200 and 1500 in western Europe, a number of religious women gained widespread veneration and even canonization as saints for their extraordinary devotion to the Christian ...About the workOriginally published: 1999Subject: History / Europe / General, History / Europe / Medieval, Banks and banking -- History -- Europe, Banks and banking; Europe; History., Economic history -- Medieval, 500-1500, Economic history; Medieval, 500-1500., Europe - Commerce - Histoire - 500-1500 (Moyen Âge), Europe -- Economic conditions -- Commerce -- History, Banks and banking, Commerce -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500, Economic history, EuropeMOREAuthorMore by authorThe Medieval Super-CompaniesA Study of the Peruzzi Company of FlorenceBy Edwin S. HuntThis book breaks new ground by focusing on the great Florentine "super-companies" of the early fourteenth century in their own right. The author closely examines the Peruzzi Company in particular, ...More from the publisher collectionGermany in the High Middle AgesC.1050-1200By Horst Fuhrmann, Timothy ReuterGermany in the High Middle Ages opens with a wide-ranging and yet detailed description of the conditions under which men lived and their attitudes of mind during the period 1050-1200: against this ...The Ten Pound ImmigrantsBy Reginald Thomas Appleyard, Alison Ray, Allan SegalBetween 1947 and 1973 a million and a hald Britons paid the Australian Government ten pounds, sold up and took ship fpr Australia. This book describes the Ten Pound Passages, the Australian and ...The Hundred Years WarEngland and France at War C.1300-c.1450By Christopher Allmand, Christopher Thomas Allmand, Christopher Allmand!155505084!Christopher Thomas@AllmandThis is a comparative study of how the societies of late-medieval England and France reacted to the long period of conflict between them commonly known as the Hundred Years War. Beginning with an ...
