Nicholas R. Amor

Late Medieval Ipswich (eBook, PDF)

Trade and Industry

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Produktbeschreibung

A detailed study of Ipswich at a time of great growth and prosperity, highlighting the activities of its industries, merchants and craftsmen.

Ipswich in the late Middle Ages was a flourishing town. A wide range of commodities passed through its port, to and from far-flung markets, bought and sold by merchants from diverse backgrounds, and carried in ships whose design evolved during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Its trading partners, both domestic and overseas, changed in response to developments in the international, national and local economy, as did the occupations of its craftsmen,with textile, leather and metal industries were of particular importance. However, despite its importance, and the richness of its medieval archives, the story of Ipswich at the time has been sadly neglected. This is a gap whichthe author here aims to remedy. His careful study allows a detailed picture of urban life to emerge, shedding new light not only on the borough itself, but on towns more generally at a crucial point in their development, at a period of growing affluence when ordinary people enjoyed an unprecedented rise in standards of living, and the benefits of what might be termed our first consumer revolution.

Nicholas Amor gained his doctorate from the University of East Anglia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846159954
• Artikelnr.: 63918891

Autorenporträt

Nicholas R. Amor

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Economic Context The Produce of Many Lands A Flourishing Town
Merchants of Cologne The Town in Troubled Times Calmer Waters Recovery
Begins Inventiveness and Enterprise Appendix 1: Timeline Appendix 2:
Fifteenth-century Ipswich Bailiffs Appendix 3: Fifteenth-century Ipswich
People Appendix 4: Surviving Memorials to Ipswich Burgesses Appendix 5:
Merchants Shipping Wool from Ipswich, 1396-1413 Appendix 6: Exports and
Imports by Ipswich Merchants, 1396-98 Appendix 7: Denizen Merchants Active
in Ipswich Overseas Trade, 1459-66 Bibliography