The Routledge handbook of maritime trade around Europe 1300-1600: commercial networks and urban autonomy

Preface -- Notes On Contributors -- Maritime Trade Around Europe, 1300-1600 : Commercial Networks And Urban Autonomy / Wim Blockmans, Mikhail Krom And Justyna Wubs-mrozewicz -- Ships And Sailing Routes In Maritime Trade Around Europe, 1300-1600 / Richard W. Unger -- Capturing Opportunity, Financing Trade / Stuart Jenks -- Trading Spaces In European Port Cities : The Architectural Models Of Bourses, Lonjas, And Exchanges / Donatella Calabi -- Trade And Language : How Did Traders Communicate Across Language Borders? / Agnete Nesse -- Lex Maritima? : Local, Regional And Universal Maritime Law In The Middle Ages / Albrecht Cordes -- The Mediterranean -- Venice : City Of Merchants Or City For Merchandise? / Monique O'connell -- Collapse And Continuity : Alexandria As A Declining City With A Thriving Port (thirteenth To Sixteenth Centuries) / Georg Christ -- The Maritime Trading Network Of Ragusa (dubrovnik) From The Fourteenth To The Sixteenth Century / Lovro Kuncevic --^ Genoa : A City With A Port Or A Port City? / Luisa Piccinno -- The Genoese Casa Di San Giorgio As A Micro-economic And Territorial Nodal System / Carlo Taviani -- Marseille : A Supporting Role / Thierry Pécout -- Valencia : Opportunities Of A Secondary Node / David Igual Luis -- The Baltic -- Lübeck And The Hanse : A Queen Without Its Body / Carsten Jahnke -- Danzig (gdansk) : Seeking Stability And Autonomy / Justyna Wubs-mrozewicz -- Reval (tallinn) : A City Emerging From Maritime Trade / Anu Mänd And Ivar Leimus -- Novgorod : Trade, Politics And Mentalities In The Time Of Independence / Pavel Lukin -- The City Of Pskov In The Fourteenth And Fifteenth Centuries : Baltic Trade And Institutional Growth / Alexei Vovin And Mikhail Krom -- The Atlantic & áthe Northásea -- Lisbon : Trade, Urban Power And The King's Visible Hand / Amelia Andrade And Flavio Miranda -- The Maritime Trade And Society Of La Rochelle In The Late Middle Ages / Mathias Tranchant --^ The Goodlyest Haven Not Of The Lowe Countries Only But Of All Christendome / Louis Sicking And Arjo Neele -- The Scheldt Estuary As A Gateway System 1300-1600 -- The Maritime Trade Networks Of Late Medieval London / Maryanne Kowaleski -- Aberdeen And The East Coast Of Scotland : Autonomy On The Periphery / Edda Frankot -- Bergen 1300-1600 : A Trading Hub Between The North And The Baltic Sea / Geir Atle Ersland -- European Integration From The Seaside : A Comparative Synthesis / Wim Blockmans And Justyna Wubs-mrozewicz -- General Bibliography. Edited By Wim Blockmans, Mikhail Krom And Justyna Wubs-mrozewicz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.