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Medieval trade in the Mediterranean world : illustrative documents / translated with introductions and notes by Robert S. Lopez and Irving W. Raymond.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lopez, Robert S. (Robert Sabatino), 1910-1985.
- Series:
- ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Records of civilization, sources and studies
- Language:
- English
- French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
- Italian
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Commerce--History--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Commerce.
- Mediterranean Region--Commerce--History.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 458 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [1967?]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Note on coinage, weights, and other technical terms
- Pt. 1. At the origins of the commercial revolution. Commerce in the Byzantine Empire, the Muslim East, and the Catholic West
- Pt. 2. Markets, merchants, merchandise, and means of exchange during the commercial revolution. The development of markets ; The growth of the merchant class ; The diversification of merchandise ; The evolution of the means of exchange
- Pt. 3. Commercial contracts and commercial investments. Loans and the problem of interest ; The contract of exchange and its double function ; The sea loan and the sea exchange ; The Commenda contract ; Partnerships and other contracts used in land trade ; Depositors, factors, and commission agents ; Some other forms of agreement ; Informal commercial papers
- Pt. 4. The route and the thorns along it. Transportation by sea ; Transportation by land ; The development of insurance contracts ; Commercial litigation and sharp business practices ; Business failures and their settlement ; International disputes over trade
- Legal restrictions of trade
- Pt. 5. Tools and ideas. Manuals ; The progress of accounting methods ; Commercial correspondence ; Moral standards and practical advice.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliography (p. [427]-445) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393097207
- 039309720X
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb06015 hdl
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