| Baltic Connections (3 Vols.): Archival Guide to the Maritime Relations of the Countries Around the Baltic Sea (Including the Netherlands) 1450-1800 Contributor(s): Bes (Editor), Frankot (Editor), Brand (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004164294 ISBN-13: 9789004164291 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $537.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: Covering almost 1000 archival collections in all countries around the Baltic Sea (including the Netherlands), this guide provides an essential tool for scholars studying the region's maritime, economic and diplomatic relations between 1450 and 1800. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Business & Economics | International - General |
| Dewey: 382.094 |
| LCCN: 2007038154 |
| Series: Northern World |
| Physical Information: 6" H x 6.9" W x 9.8" (10.25 lbs) 2328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, Northern Europe was a crucible of political, maritime and economic activity. Ships from ports all around the Baltic Sea as well as from the Low Countries plied the Baltic waters, triggering market integration, migration flows, nautical innovations and the dissemination of cultural values. This archival guide is an essential research tool for scholars studying these Baltic connections, providing descriptions of almost 1000 archival collections concerning trade, shipping, merchants, commodities, diplomacy, finances and migration in the years 1450-1800. These rich and varied sources kept at more than 100 repositories in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia and Sweden are herewith collected for the first time. |