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English inland trade, 1430-1540 : Southampton and its region / edited by Michael Hicks.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Southampton (England)--Commerce--History--16th century.
- Southampton (England).
- England--Commerce--History--16th century.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Southampton brokage books are the best source for English inland trade before modern times. Internal trade always matched overseas trade. Between 1430 and 1540 the brokage series records all departures through Southampton's Bargate, the owner, carter, commodity, quantity, destination and date, and many deliveries too. Twelve such years make up the database that illuminates Southampton's trade with its extensive region at the time when the city was at its most important as the principal point of access to England for the exotic spices and dyestuffs imported by the Genoese. If Southampton's
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Technical Foreword; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Town of Southampton and its Foreign Trade 1430-1540; Chapter 3: The Economic Context of the Brokage Books; Chapter 4: The Trading Calendar; Chapter 5: The Freight Transport of Southampton; Chapter 6: Southampton's Trading Partners: Salisbury; Chapter 7: Southampton's Trading Partners: London; Chapter 8: Southampton's Trading Partners: Winchester
- Chapter 9: Southampton's Trading Partners: The Small Towns of Hampshire and Wiltshire Chapter 10: Southampton's Trading Partners: Beyond Hampshire and Wiltshire; Chapter 11: The Brokage Books as Sources for Local and Family History; Chapter 12: Commodities: Wine; Chapter 13: Commodities: Luxury Goods, Spices and Wax; Chapter 14: Commodities: Fish; Chapter 15: Commodities: The Cloth Industry; Chapter 16: Miscellaneous Commodities; Chapter 17: An Assessment of the Brokage Books; Bibliography; Index; Maps
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781782978251
- 1782978259
- 9781782978275
- 1782978275
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