The Overseas Trade of Boston, 1279–1548

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-412-52658-0
Verlag: Böhlau

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 079, 135 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 241 g

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At the start of the fourteenth century, Boston (Lincolnshire), was one of England’s largest and wealthiest towns and played a leading role in the country’s overseas trade, attracting merchants and commodities from as far afield as Italy, Gascony, the Low Countries, Germany and Scandinavia and was second only to London in many branches of trade. Yet, two centuries later, as the accounts of the royal customs reveal, Boston’s overseas trade was of minor significance, as the capital came to dominate the nation’s commerce at the expense of its provincial ports. This book offers a comprehensive guide to the evolution of the medieval English customs system and discusses the reliability of the sources which it generated. It brings together all the statistical data from Boston’s enrolled customs accounts for the period from 1279 to 1548 concerning the fluctuations in volume of the port’s trade, the transformation in the nature of its imports and exports and the changes in the origins of the merchants, whether English or alien, who traded there. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of medieval English towns and, in particular, to those concerned with Anglo-Hanseatic trade in the later Middle Ages.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rigby, Stephen H.

Nash, Robert C.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationaler Handel
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte

Über Autor(innen)

Nash, Robert C.
Robert C. Nash works at the University of Manchester in the department School of Arts, Laanguages and Cultures.

Rigby, Stephen H.
Stephen H. Rigby is Professor emeritus of Social History at the University of Manchester.