LEEDS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2008
Session 1604 : Economic Interactions of Historical
Geographical
Regions of Medieval Europe
Session Time: Thu. 10 July 2008- 11.15-12.45
The session examines the economic interactions between 'Mediterranean', Western and Central Europe in the 14th- and 15th centuries as the latter region underwent economic equilibration with the former in conditions of falling transactions costs which were only disturbed during the 'bullion famines' of 1390-1415 and 1444-1458. It will focus mainly on economic connections and communications, including industrial production, commercial and family links and also will give a historiographic overview of the most recent studies on the economic history of Central Europe.
Sponsor: Department of Medieval Studies, Central European
University, Budapest
Organiser: Balázs Nagy, Department of Medieval Studies,
Central
European University, Budapest
Moderator/Chair: Dick E. H. de Boer, Instituut voor Geschiedenis,
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Paper (a) Medieval Crafts, Guilds, and Industrial Development: Central-Western European Comparison
(Language: English)Speaker: Ian Blanchard, School of History, Classics & Archaeology, The University of Edinburgh
Indexing Terms: Economics - General, Economics - Urban
________________________________________________________________________________________________Paper (b) Florentine Merchant Families in Western and Central Europe: Economic Strategies (Language: English)
Speaker: Krisztina Arany, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Indexing Terms: Economics - General, Economics - Urban
________________________________________________________________________________________________Paper (c) Recent Studies on the Economic History of Central
Europe (Language: English)
Speaker: Balázs Nagy,Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Indexing Terms: Economics - General, Economics - Trade
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