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Teeming with merchants from all over Europe, medieval Bruges provides an early model of a great capitalist city. Bruges established a sophisticated money market and an elaborate network of agents and brokers. Moreover, it promoted co-operation between merchants of various nations. In this book James Murray explores how Bruges became the commercial capital of northern Europe in the late fourteenth century. He argues that a combination of fortuitous changes such as the shift to sea-borne commerce and the extraordinary efforts of the city's population served to shape a great commercial centre. Areas explored include the political history of Bruges, its position as a node and network, the wool, cloth and gold trade and the role of women in the market. This book serves not only as a case-study in medieval economic history, but also as a social and cultural history of medieval Bruges.
Contents
1. Political background; 2. Navigating a commercial city; 3. The measure of humanity; 4. Money and its discontents; 5. La bourse et la vie; 6. Bruges as a node and network; 7. Wool, cloth and gold; 8. Women in the market and the market in women; 9. Towards a Burgundian Bruges; Select bibliography; Index.
