The commercial revolution of the Middle Ages, 950-1350 / Robert S. Lopez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lopez, Robert S. (Robert Sabatino), 1910-1985, author.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commerce--History--Medieval, 500-1500.

Commerce.

Economic history--Medieval, 500-1500.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 180 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1976.

Summary:

Professor 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 to the commercial revolution through which Europe succeeded in developing itself. The book goes far beyond the familiar picture of medieval European society, with its magnificent cathedrals and imposing castles, to concentrate instead on the walled cities and open countryside, for it was here that the revolution was born. Deftly and concisely, Professor Lopez traces the history of this remarkable economic upheaval which saw the rise of merchants and craftsmen and the decline of agricultural dependence by the society.

Contents:

Roman and barbarian precedents

The growth of self-centered agriculture

The take-off of the commerical revolution

The uneven diffusion of commercialization

Between crafts and industry

The response of the agricultural society.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780511096693

0511096690

9780521211116

0521211115

9780511583933

0511583931

Publisher Number:

2027/heb01065 hdl