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OverviewMedieval commercial transactions did not occur spontaneously. They were crafted by merchants with the support of numerous personnel on the medieval marketplace: notaries, innkeepers, brokers, transporters and subordinate personnel of the merchant's entourage. This study introduces the reader to the challenges of trade in the Mediterranean world and to specific market conditions in the Mediterranean French town of Montpellier. A case study of the business of Cabanis merchants permits an in-depth examination of the facilitation of trade by intermediaries whose activities are traced in the discovery phase of arranging a deal and in its closing and execution. Medieval business practice involved multiple layers of personnel. The complexities of medieval trade are revealed in the emphasis given here to those who assisted merchants in their commercial endeavours. Full Product DetailsAuthor: ReyersonPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 37 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.611kg ISBN: 9789004121294ISBN 10: 9004121293 Pages: 260 Publication Date: 21 December 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments List of Maps, Charts, and Tables Introduction 1 1. The Mediterranean Arena of the Medieval European Entrepreneur 17 2. The Local Market Environment in Montpellier 47 3. Members of the Trade Infrastructure 79 4. Personnel of the Mercantile Entourage: Kinship, Partnership, Representation 103 5. The Discovery Phase: Making Connections and Arranging the Deal 143 6. Closing and Execution of the Deal 183 Conclusions 219 Bibliography 227 Index 243Reviews'...an unpretentious innovative book that deserves to be read by all historians...' Joelle Rollo-Koster, The American Historical Review, 2005. '...an unpretentious innovative book that deserves to be read by all historians...' Joelle Rollo-Koster, The American Historical Review, 2005. Author InformationKathryn L. Reyerson, Ph.D. (1974) in Medieval Studies, Yale University, is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. She has published extensively on medieval social and economic history, particularly of the French Mediterranean, including a co-edited volume Urban and Rural Communities in Medieval France, Provence of Languedoc, 1000-1500 (Brill, 1998) Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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