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Teeming with merchants from all over Europe, medieval Bruges provides an early model of a great capitalist city. Bruges established a sophisticated money market and an elaborate network of agents and brokers. Moreover, it promoted co-operation between merchants of various nations. In this book James Murray explores how Bruges became the commercial capital of northern Europe in the late fourteenth century. He argues that a combination of fortuitous changes such as the shift to sea-borne commerce and the extraordinary efforts of the city's population served to shape a great commercial centre. Areas explored include the political history of Bruges, its position as a node and network, the wool, cloth and gold trade and the role of women in the market. This book serves not only as a case-study in medieval economic history, but also as a social and cultural history of medieval Bruges.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Bruges, Cradle of Capitalism, 1280-1390
• Author: James M. Murray
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 422
• EAN: 9780521819213
• ISBN: 0521819210
• ID: 02045032
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 818 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 160 × 31 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. January 2005

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