Routledge Handbook of Maritime Trade around Europe 1300-1600

Name: Routledge Handbook of Maritime Trade around Europe 1300-1600
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Routledge Handbook of Maritime Trade around Europe 1300-1600Commercial Networks and Urban Autonomy\nAuthor(s): Wim Blockmans, Mikhail Krom, Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138899506, 978-1138899506\nSynopsis\nThe Routledge Handbook of Maritime Trade around Europe [tel] explores the links between maritime trading networks around Europe, from the Mediterranean and the Atlantic to the North and Baltic Seas. Maritime trade routes connected diverse geographical and cultural spheres, contributing to a more integrated Europe in both cultural and material terms. This volume explores networks economic functions alongside their intercultural exchanges, contacts and practical arrangements in ports on the European coasts. \n\nThe collection takes as its central question how shippers and merchants were able to connect regional and interregional trade circuits around and beyond Europe in the late me.