Weights at the Gate
Trust and Trade in Medieval Europe
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Beschreibung
At the gate, a scale could carry the authority of a town as surely as its seal.
Before a bargain could hold, buyers and sellers had to agree on weight, quality, payment, and authority. This book explores the practical systems that made medieval markets work: charters, tolls, measures, credit, inspections, and reputation. It follows trade from village exchanges to major fairs and reveals why commercial trust was never simply private. In marketplaces, law and custom met face to face.
Autor*in
Jason Sterling
Specializes in military history, intelligence operations, and Cold War geopolitics.
Themen in »Weights at the Gate«
medieval trade regulation market weights history European fair commerce medieval merchant trust town charters history tolls and trade