Medieval Merchants: York, Beverley and Hull in the Later Middle AgesThis 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 mentalité 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. |
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
Merchants in government | 25 |
families dependants and friends | 70 |
Merchants and religion the evidence of wills | 116 |
The geography and composition of trade | 159 |
Hull wool exports 13001510 | 167 |
The practice of trade | 191 |
Business and finance | 223 |
Mercantile estates | 276 |
a conclusion to Part II | 305 |
ΙΟ Conclusion | 313 |
Appendices | 323 |
Some merchant biographies | 332 |
The case of John Bolton against John Brandesby and Simon | 348 |
Select bibliography | 354 |
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Medieval Merchants: York, Beverley and Hull in the Later Middle Ages Jenny Kermode No preview available - 1998 |
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