The Growth of English Industry and Commerce During the Early and Middle Ages, Volume 2

William Cunningham

University Press, 1915 - 724 pages

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INTRODUCTORY ESSAY	1

carried on is controlled by custom and public opinion	8

Extent of the political changes Great changes in political	17

isms of new types have superseded others again and again The effectiveness	19

by Tacitus show that there were opportunities for accumulation these	21

Disintegration of Roman civilisation in Britain The Romans	28

Growth of royal power Through the long period between	31

Origin of property Economic phenomena must precede	42

Sheep farming and absenteeism Owing to national dangers	151

royal control and also the business of exchange	153

ROYAL INQUISITIONS	162

led to the increase of sheep farming Rural disorganisation was followed	177

as to the condition of each estate but the terms of assessment varied	197

tive as a limiting principle The municipal spirit was giving way before	210

evasions S Thomas Aquinas discusses the use and nature of money	255

REPRESENTATION AND LEGISLATION	261

Possibility of survival of Roman customs There is a resemblance	46

planting Britain and other colonies took account of the original population	57

Impetus given to trade The political relations with the Continent	66

from time to time but the history of progress varies in each town 211	73

foreign ecclesiastics and lawyers who came over in Norman and Angevin	78

a the Extenta or Survey and Inventories b the Ministers Accounts which	80

Ohthere and Wulfstan English trade was carried on with southern lands	83

Opinion on usury The condemnation of usury gave rise to many	85

great discoveries and Columbus could get no help from England John	89

Royal prerogatives The king enjoyed undefined rights of prise	91

between Roman and feudal society while the latter is very unlike	98

The Currency The coins had been diminished in size but efforts	102

phenomena and monetary problems Nicholas Oresme wrote a treatise	108

does not prove continuity especially when we can account for the conscious	109

Social changes Classes of society became divided as in modern	115

prosperity was at the end of the thirteenth and beginning of the fourteenth	117

The Hanse League The position of the men of the Hanse caused	123

tour as this was the simplest way of procuring provisions Careful estimates	124

imposed taxes on moveables There were continual changes in the basis	126

Agricultural policy During the fifteenth century encouragement	129

witness to the increase of trade	131

regard to the export of money and bullion Bullion was very scarce	132

Growth of the mercantile system The material prosperity	136

The condition of industry Under the early Tudors the con	145

59	147

II	267

control of the balance of power became an object of English policy while	268

against arbitrary assessment when tenths and fifteenths were levied	295

163	307

a apprentices whose relations with their masters were carefully regulated	349

demand security for loans but that there should be no gain if there was	365

fourteenth and fifteenth centuries contributed to the decay of the royal	373

were not strictly adhered to under Edward VI progress was made in	383

INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE	434

the Heralds and by Fortescue	467

through highhanded exactions Henry VIII resorted to	486

under Henry VIII they were first relaxed and subsequently	523

statutes were passed to repress sheep farming and absenteeism but improved	530

on husbandry surveying mensuration and arboriculture and there	552

The Discourse of the Common Weal anticipates many modern views	559

APPENDIX	567

Compotus Roll Anstie	591

MUNICIPAL LIFE	615

THE WOOL TRADE IN THE XIIITH AND XIVTH CENTURIES	628

E THE IMMIGRATION OF ALIEN CRAFTSMEN INTO ENGLAND	641

F PROTECTION OF NATIVE INDUSTRY	656

incorporated the harbours were improved and steps taken for the defence	674

INDEX	675

authority which Edward I used to put down usurpations and rectify	691

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Titre	The Growth of English Industry and Commerce During the Early and Middle Ages, Volume 2
Auteur	William Cunningham
Édition	5
Éditeur	University Press, 1915
Original provenant de	l'Université du Michigan
Numérisé	8 janv. 2015
Longueur	724 pages

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