Medieval Merchant Venturers - Paperback / softback

First published in 1967, this superb collection of essays on trade in the Middle Ages has been a major contribution to modern medieval studies. Professor Carus-Wilson examines:* fifteenth-century Bristo* trade with Icelan* the Merchant Adventurers of Londo* the thirteenth-century cloth industry (with its highly developed capitalist system* the export of English woollen clot* the wine trade.Each paper is firmly rooted in original research and contemporary sources such as customs returns and company minutes, and, in addition, her expose of the dubious accuracy of Aulnage accounts is widely recognised as a classic.