Commerce Before Capitalism in Europe, 1300-1600 |
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| Author:
| Howell, Martha C. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-76046-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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Challenges dominant interpretations of the relationship between the so-called commercial revolution of late medieval Europe and the capitalist age that followed. Argues that merchants, shopkeepers, artisans, and consumers throughout Western Europe were by no means proto-capitalist and did not treat their property as fungible assets. Although certain of their practices have seemed primitive to subsequent generations, they nevertheless helped make Europe's economic future possible.
Challenges dominant interpretations of the relationship between the so-called commercial revolution of late medieval Europe and the capitalist age that followed. Argues that merchants, shopkeepers, artisans, and consumers throughout Western Europe were by no means proto-capitalist and did not treat their property as fungible assets. Although certain of their practices have seemed primitive to subsequent generations, they nevertheless helped make Europe's economic future possible.