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First published in 1967, this superb collection of essays on trade in the Middle Ages has been a major contribution to modern medieval studies. Professor Carus-Wilson examines:
* fifteenth-century Bristol
* trade with Iceland
* the Merchant Adventurers of London
* the thirteenth-century cloth industry (with its highly developed capitalist system)
* the export of English woollen cloth
* the wine trade.
Each paper is firmly rooted in original research and contemporary sources such as customs returns and company minutes, and, in addition, her expose of the dubious accuracy of Aulnage accounts is widely recognised as a classic.
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SUBJECT INDEX
Aelfric’s Colloquy, xii, 266
alabaster, exports of, carved, 5, 52, 60, 93
alien immigrants, from Flanders and Brabant, 244 n. 1; Gascony, 45, 80, 275; Iceland, 117; Ireland, 20, 80, 244 n. 1; Italy, 80; Spain, 80; Wales, 80
— merchants in England; Flemish, xiii, xxi, xxii; French in Bristol, 48, 80; Gascon, xxi–xxii, 45, 80, 275; German see “Easterlings”, Hanse; Irish, 19 et seq” 80; Italian, xi, xxi, xxii, xxv, 55, 80, 258; Genoese arrested in London, 71; Picard, xiii, xxii, 217; Portuguese, 59; Spanish, 55, 80; Welsh, 80
almonds, 27, 37, 50, 65
alum, 8, 27, 37, 51, 221–2
anchors, 51
anise, 27
‘‘ appointers ’’ (of ships), 161, 165, 171
apprenticeship, to Bristol merchants, 81–2; to Bristol weavers, 20; to merchant adventurers, 179
archil, 220
argol, 222
arms and armour, 8, 26, 47, 51, 60, 62, 64, 113, 126, 131, 132, 138, 141, 164, 166
assize of cloth, xviii, 184 n. 1, 214, 228, 244 n. 4
attorneys, 83
auditors, 161
aulnage and aulnagers, 84 n. 1, 85, 240–1, 279–91
backhandle, 231, 232
bacon, 24, 126
balls, 170; for tennis, 10
barrel staves, 60
bastard (sweet Spanish wine), 52
beadles, xxviii
beans, 52
beaver, 37, 51
beef, 126
beer, 21, 27, 121, 122, 126, 131, 132
bells, 1, 9, 99
“Berkeley wood”, 5
Black Death, 241, 244–7, 254, 260; in Iceland, 104
boards, 25, 51
books, owned by merchants, 95; stolen, 54
bowstaves, 25, 37, 51
brasil, 218–9
bream, 23
Brétigny, peace of, 249
bridges, 5, 11, 19
brokers, xxviii; of woad, 36
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Maps and Charts
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. The Overseas Trade of Bristol in the Fifteenth Century
- II. The Iceland Venture
- III. The Origins and Early Development of the Merchant Adventurers’ Organization in London
- IV. An Industrial Revolution of the Thirteenth Century
- V. The English Cloth Industry in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
- VI. Trends in the Export of English Woollens in the Fourteenth Century
- VII. The Effects of the Acquisition and of the Loss of Gascony on the English Wine Trade
- VIII. The Aulnage Accounts: a Criticism
- Index