| Commercial Exchange Across the Mediterranean: Byzantium, the Crusader Levant, Egypt and Italy Contributor(s): Jacoby, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138375721 ISBN-13: 9781138375727 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - General - History |
| Dewey: 382.091 |
| Physical Information: (1.50 lbs) 364 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The customary treatment of Mediterranean trade from the 11th to the mid-15th century emphasizes the predominance of western merchants and the commercial exchange of spices and eastern raw materials for western woollens and other finished products. The studies in this collection, the sixth by David Jacoby to be published in the Variorum series, adopt a different perspective. They underscore the economic vitality of various countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean, their industrial capacity, the importance of exchanges between them, and the important contribution of the merchants based in that region to trans-Mediterranean trade. They also illustrate the role of hitherto neglected commodities, such as timber, iron, silk and cheese, in that trade. |