1st Edition

Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe

By Henri Pirenne Copyright 1936
    264 Pages
    by Routledge

    264 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 2005. This original study the author writing in 1936 has tried to sketch the character and general movement of the economic and social evolution of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the middle of the fifteenth century.

    Introduction

    Chpt. 1: The Revival of Commerce

    i. The Meditteranean

    ii. The North Sea and the Baltic

    iii. The Revival of Commerce

    Chpt. 2: The Towns

    i. The Revival of Urban Life

    ii. Merchants and the Bourgeoisie

    iii. Urban Institutions and the Law

    Chpt. 3: Land and the Rural Classes

    i. Manorial Organisation and Serfdom

    ii. Changes in Agriculture from the Beginning of the Twelfth Century

    Chpt. 4: Commerce to the End of the Thirteenth Century

    i. The Movement of Trade

    ii. The Fairs

    iii. Money

    iv. Credit and the Traffic in Money

    Chpt. 5: International Trade to the End of the Thirteenth Century

    i. Commodities and Directions of International Trade

    ii. The Capitalistic Character of International Trade

    Chpt. 6: Urban Economy and the Regulation of Industry

    i. The Towns as Economic Centres. The Provisioning of the Towns

    ii. Urban Industry

    Chpt. 7: The Economic Changes of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

    i. Catastrophes and Social Disturbances

    ii. Protectionism, Capitalism and Mercantilism

    Biography

    Henri Pirenne Membre de L'academie Royale de Belgique, Professor Emertimus De l'Unversitie de Gand.