The Views of the Hosts of Alien Merchants, 1440-1444 (Hardcover)

Edition of the returns made by English merchants, recording the transactions of foreign traders. The "Views of Hosts" is the name given to the returns which merchant "hosts" in London, Southampton and Hull were required to provide for the Exchequer. They listed the imports and purchases made by their foreign merchant "guests", who came mostly from Italy, Spain and the Low Countries. The returns, printed here in full for the first time, provide details of the goods traded in and out of these ports, and also the names of the foreign merchants, and of the local men and women who bought their wares and sold English goods to them in return. The volume thus not only throws light on individual merchants and craftsmen living and working in these ports, but will also be of interest tothose concerned with the patterns and practices of English trade in the fifteenth century. The returns themselves are complemented with full apparatus and notes; introduction; biographies of more than 500 English people mentionedin the texts, as well almost 130 foreign merchants; and a glossary of commodities.

General

Imprint:	London Record Society
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	London Record Society
Release date:	2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	Helen Bradley (Secretary of the London Record Society)
Dimensions:	244 x 150 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	396
ISBN-13:	978-0-900952-50-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > International trade > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	0-900952-50-4
Barcode:	9780900952500

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