Medieval Merchants : York, Beverley and Hull in the Later Middle Ages
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521522749
ISBN-13
9780521522748
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 18th, 2002
Print length
404 Pages
Weight
608 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.20 x 3.20 cms
Product Classification:
c 1000 CE to c 1500Social & cultural historyEconomic historySocial and cultural history
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Merchants were the most important political and commercial group in medieval towns. This book adopts a holistic approach by integrating a very wide range of evidence to provide an inclusive picture of merchant society through the lives of over 1400 individuals.
This book is based on some 1400 individuals who lived in three northern English towns during the later middle ages. It analyses the many aspects of merchant society visible to the historian: achievements in politics, attitudes towards religion, the family, wider circles of friends and business acquaintances, and the nature and conduct of trade at every level. Merchants were at the core of urban society, accumulating more wealth than most other townsfolk and developing a distinctive outlook and entrepreneurship in response to the opportunities and pressures of long-distance trade. They played a central role in the development of urban mentalite using political rhetoric to promote a corporatist view of urban society, while their spending on charity, on public works, and on religious observance shaped social attitudes.
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