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Includes The economic foundations of medieval society, The rise of a money economy, The chronology of labour services and The charters of the villeins.
A collection of Professor Postan's major essays on medieval trade and finance.
An accessible and clear snapshot of the life and work of women in medieval times from the nunnery to the town to the castle.
Of all the activities of the most neglected century in English History, England's trade has received the least attention in proportion to its importance. It was obviously in the course of the later Middle Ages, and more particularly in the fifteenth century, that there took place the great transformation from medieval England, isolated and intensely local, to the England of the Tudor and Stuart age, with its world-wide connections and imperial designs. It was during the same period that most of the forms of international trade characteristic of the Middle Ages were replaced by new methods of commercial organization and regulation, national in scope and at times definitely nationalistic in ob...
Examines the economic history of Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Originally published in 1939, this volume contains an inaugural lecture delivered by M. M. Postan at the University of Cambridge.
This introductory textbook offers a fully integrated perspective of medieval Britain, from 1000 to 1500. Written in an engaging and accessible style and organised thematically, the book emphasises elements of medieval life over political narrative. It will be an essential resource for undergraduate students taking courses on medieval Britain.