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Medieval trade in the Mediterranean world: illustrative documents

Lopez, Robert Sabatino, 1910-, Raymond, Irving W. (Irving Woodworth), 1898-1964

Year: [1967?]

Publisher: W.W. Norton.

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Frontmatter

Introduction

Note on Coinage, Weights, and Other Technical Terms

PART ONE: AT THE ORIGINS OF THE COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION

I. Commerce in the Byzantine Empire, the Muslim East, and the Catholic West

PART TWO: MARKETS, MERCHANTS, MERCHANDISE, AND MEANS OF EXCHANGE DURING THE COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION

II. The Development of Markets

III. The Growth of the Merchant Class

IV. The Diversification of Merchandise

V. The Evolution of the Means of Exchange

PART THREE: COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS AND COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS

VI. Loans and the Problem of Interest

VII. The Contract of Exchange and Its Double Function

VIII. The Sea Loan and the Sea Exchange

IX. The COMMENDA Contract

X. Partnerships and Other Contracts Used in Land Trade

XI. Depositors, Factors, and Commission Agents

XII. Some Other Forms of Agreement

XIII. Informal Commercial Papers

PART FOUR: THE ROUTE AND THE THORNS ALONG IT

XIV. Transportation by Sea

XV. Transportation by Land

XVI. The Development of Insurance Contracts

XVII. Commercial Litigation and Sharp Business Practices

XVIII. Business Failures and Their Settlement

XIX. International Disputes over Trade

XX. Legal Restrictions of Trade

PART FIVE: TOOLS AND IDEAS

XXI. Manuals

XXII. The Progress of Accounting Methods

XXIII. Commercial Correspondence

XXIV. Moral Standards and Practical Advice

List of Works Cited

Index

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Title:

Medieval trade in the Mediterranean world : illustrative documents / translated with introductions and notes by Robert S. Lopez and Irving W. Raymond.

Author:

Lopez, Robert Sabatino, 1910-; Raymond, Irving W. (Irving Woodworth), 1898-1964

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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.
Lopez, Robert Sabatino, 1910-, Raymond, Irving W. (Irving Woodworth), 1898-1964
New York: W.W. Norton, [1967?]

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.06015

Subject Headings:

• Commerce -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500
• Mediterranean Region -- Commerce -- History

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