(Ebook) Credit and Trade in Later Medieval England, 1353-1532 by Richard Goddard (auth.) ISBN 9781137489852, 9781137489876, 1137489855, 1137489871

(Ebook) Credit and Trade in Later Medieval England, 1353-1532 by Richard Goddard (auth.) ISBN 9781137489852, 9781137489876, 1137489855, 1137489871

This book challenges the notion that economic crises are modern phenomena through its exploration of the tumultuous ‘credit-crunch’ of the later Middle Ages. It illustrates clearly how influences such as the Black Death, inter-European warfare, climate change and a bullion famine occasioned severe and prolonged economic decline across fifteenth century England. Early chapters discuss trends in lending and borrowing, and the use of credit to fund domestic trade through detailed analysis of the Statute Staple and rich primary sources. The author then adopts a broad-based geographic lens to examine provincial credit before focusing on London’s development as the commercial powerhouse in late medieval business.