Power and Profit: The Merchant in Medieval Europe
Peter Spufford
The book opens with the emergence of a European entrepreneurial class and the origins of modern banking,
insurance and borrowing. The wealth that generated these changes came largely from the royal courts and
their demands for luxuries, demands that were met at the great international fairs. Priatical problems -
primitive transport, bad roads, dangerous Alpine passes and the threat of robbery - were impressively
surmounted. Key elements in the story are provided by the connection between cheap raw materials and
expensive manufactured goods, and the role of such centers of power and wealth as Paris, London, Bruges,
Venice and Florence
insurance and borrowing. The wealth that generated these changes came largely from the royal courts and
their demands for luxuries, demands that were met at the great international fairs. Priatical problems -
primitive transport, bad roads, dangerous Alpine passes and the threat of robbery - were impressively
surmounted. Key elements in the story are provided by the connection between cheap raw materials and
expensive manufactured goods, and the role of such centers of power and wealth as Paris, London, Bruges,
Venice and Florence
년:
2002
출판사:
Thames & Hudson
언어:
english
ISBN 10:
0500251185
ISBN 13:
9780500251188
파일:
PDF, 79.79 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2002
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