Four Books of Rates (1507, 1536/45, 1558, 1604)
And Two Hanseatic Translations
Edited by Stuart Jenks Series edited by
Paperback (Published)
(August 2024)
ISBN: 9783412530709
6.69 x 9.49 inches
Price: $94.00
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A gold mine of data on English imports and exports
These Books of Rates list – for the use of English customs officials – the official values of hundreds of products commonly traded overseas in the sixteenth century. What goods needed to be listed and what their official valuations were held to be, had been the subject of wary negotiations between the crown and the Merchants Adventurers. These lists thus offer us four snapshots of the shape of English foreign trade. But that is not all. Unbeknownst to all previous scholars, the 1536/45 and 1558 Books of Rates were translated into German (in 1558/60) for the use of Hanseatic diplomats haggling with the crown about customs rates. These translations reflect Hanseatic commercial interests in trade with England, in a word: the shape of the Hanse’s trade with England. The subject indices, structured to function as a glossary, will serve as a glossary for all scholars working on the economic history of the sixteenth century.
Stuart Jenks ist emeritierter Professor für Mittelalterliche Geschichte und Wirtschaftsgeschichte an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
- Edited by Stuart Jenks
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