Ports in the medieval European Atlantic : shipping, transport and labour /
This book responds to the increasing interest of maritime historians in the study of ports. These enclaves offer significant insights into a variety of subjects, including ships and shipping, trade, commodities and consumption patterns, the economy, society and culture of port workers and port commu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, New York :
Boydell Press,
2021.
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| Summary: | This book responds to the increasing interest of maritime historians in the study of ports. These enclaves offer significant insights into a variety of subjects, including ships and shipping, trade, commodities and consumption patterns, the economy, society and culture of port workers and port communities and systems of regional and international integration. Based on extensive research in a wide range of European archives, the book provides much detail on the nature of ports in the medieval period, especially on the crucial subject of the operation of ports. Covering a range of ports in France, Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands, the book contains a wealth of original research findings. It will be particularly welcomed by English-speaking scholars and others outside the region analyzed, since it gives access to non-English-language archives, thereby considerably enriching the study of medieval ports beyond ports in Britain and Ireland. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-196) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781783276158 1783276150 |