1: The statute staple and trade finance in later medieval England -- 2: Merchants and trade -- 3: Boom and bust: Patterns of borrowing in later medieval England -- 4: The geography of recession: provincial credit in later medieval England -- 5: London: the commercial powerhouse -- 6: Conclusion

This paper argues that there was enough buying and selling (emptio venditio) in the early Roman Empire to show that there were markets, and there were enough markets at the time that there was a market economy. I use three examples to make these points, one from my research, one from the...

Foreword / Malgorzata Mazurek (Columbia University) -- Terms and methods -- Shortage, greed, protest : a short course in the history of the black market in the first half of the 20th century -- The Polish (anti) speculation curve : 1944-1989 -- The (historical) geography of the black market in...

"Religion and the Medieval and Early Modern Global Marketplace brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to examine the intersection, conflict, and confluence of religion and the market before 1700. The interdisciplinary nature means that this volume is the perfect resource for...

This edited collection explores the histories of trade, a peculiar literary genre that emerged in the context of the historiographical and cultural changes promoted by the histoire philosophique movement. It marked a discontinuity with erudition and antiquarianism, and interacted critically with...

"In the closing decades of the eighteenth century, Ireland became the object of a vigorous debate concerning the promise and perils of commerce in an era of global war and revolution. This debate concerned not just the identity and future of the Irish polity itself, but of the British Empire of...

How Bombay became a confluence of commerce and culture -- The port and the city -- Migrant in the city -- Émigrés of Bombay presidency -- Finance, desi and videshi -- Mercantile and multicultural city.