A History of Business in Medieval Europe 1200-1550.Hunt, Edwin S Edwin or Eadwin (both: ĕd`wĭn), 585?–632, king of Northumbria (616–32), The son and heir of Ælla, king of Deira, he was kept from his inheritance by Æthelfrith. . and James M. Murray. A History of Business in Medieval Europe 1200-1550. (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press (known colloquially as CUP) is a publisher given a Royal Charter by Henry VIII in 1534, and one of the two privileged presses (the other being Oxford University Press). , 1999. ix + 277 pp. index. $17.95. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0-521-49581-4. Specifically identifying their work as a business, not an economic, history, and defining business broadly as "any activity involving exchange between two or more parties," the authors argue that the expansion of business in the Middle Ages was driven by the purchasing power Purchasing Power 1. The value of a currency expressed in terms of the amount of goods or services that one unit of money can buy. Purchasing power is important because, all else being equal, inflation decreases the amount of goods or services you'd be able to purchase. 2. of the elite and their demand for luxury items. The book is divided into two parts, the first of which discusses the "progress and problems" of business before the Black Death and the second of which discusses business activity in the late Middle Ages. |
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