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Government and Merchant Finance in Anglo-Gascon Trade, 1300–1500 / by Robert Blackmore
(Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. ISSN:26625172)

Publisher	(Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan)
Year	2020
Edition	1st ed. 2020.
Authors	*Blackmore, Robert author SpringerLink (Online service)

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Links to the text	Library Off-campus access			OB00156815			9783030345365

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Material Type	E-Book
Media type	機械可読データファイル
Size	XV, 324 p. 13 illus : online resource
Notes	1. Introduction -- 2. The Politics of Markets -- 3. Commodities and Prices -- 4. Money and Trade -- 5. Mercantile Finance -- 6. Public Finance -- 7. Conclusion The Late Middle Ages (c.1300–c.1500) saw the development of many of the key economic institutions of the modern unitary nation-state in Europe. After the ‘commercial revolution’ of the thirteenth century, taxes on trade became increasingly significant contributors to government finances, and as such there were ever greater efforts to control the flow of goods and money. This book presents a case study of the commercial and financial links between the kingdom of England and the duchy of Aquitaine across the late-medieval period, with a special emphasis on the role of the English Plantagenet government that had ruled both in a political union since 1154. It establishes a strong connection between fluctuations in commodity markets, large monetary flows and unstable financial markets, most notably in trade credit and equity partnerships. It shows how the economic relationship deteriorated under the many exogenous shocks of the period, the wars, plagues and famines, as well as politically motivated regulatory intervention. Despite frequent efforts to innovate in response, both merchants and governments experienced a series of protracted financial crises that presaged the break-up of the union of kingdom and duchy in 1453, with the latter’s conquest by the French crown. Of particular interest to scholars of the late-medieval European economy, this book will also appeal to those researching wider economic or financial history HTTP:URL=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34536-5
Subjects	LCSH:Finance LCSH:History LCSH:Retail trade LCSH:Europe—History—476-1492 LCSH:Finance, Public FREE:Financial History FREE:Trade and Retail FREE:History of Medieval Europe FREE:Public Finance
Classification	LCC:HG171 DC23:332.09
ID	8000066180
ISBN	9783030345365