The authors review the entire range of business in medieval Western Europe, probing its Roman and Christian heritage to discover the economic and political forces that shaped the organisation of agriculture, manufacturing, construction, mining, transport and marketing. They deal with the responses of businessmen to the devastating plagues, famines, and warfare that beset Europe in the late Middle Ages. The success in coping with this new environment prepared the way for the economic expansion of the sixteenth century

Published: 1999

No. pages: 277

ISBN: 9780521499231

Condition: GOOD - softcover - 395g