Mediaeval Trade and Finance [Paperback]

A collection of Professor Postan's major essays on medieval trade and finance.Professor Postan's work on the social and economic history of the Middle Ages has had an enormous influence upon the study of medieval history and upon the development of the subject. his essays represent his major contribution and are a unique and valuable addition to the literature.Professor Postan's work on the social and economic history of the Middle Ages has had an enormous influence upon the study of medieval history and upon the development of the subject. his essays represent his major contribution and are a unique and valuable addition to the literature.Professor Postan's work on the social and economic history of the Middle Ages has had an enormous influence upon the study of medieval history and upon the development of the subject. His essays represent his major contribution and are a unique and valuable addition to the literature. Twenty-two essays are gathered together into two volumes: Essays on Medieval Agriculture and General Problems of the Medieval Economy and Medieval Trade and Finance. Previously published elsewhere, frequently in obscure places, over a period from 1928 to 1972, they are still used today by students and scholars in all branches of medieval and economic history as well as by social scientists and economists more generally.Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Credit in medieval trade; 2. Private financial instruments in medieval England; 3. Partnership in English medieval commerce; 4. The trade of medieval Europe: the North; 5. The economic and political relations of England and the Hanse from 1400 to 1475; 6. Economic relations between eastern and western Europe; 7. Italians and the economic development of England in the Middle Ages; 8. The medieval wool trade; 9. English studies of the customs accounts; Index.