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Fellowship and freedom : the merchant adventurers and the restructuring of English commerce, 1582-1700 /

Around 1600, the Fellowship of Merchant Adventurers was England's most important trading company. This history shows how, as the broader trading landscape changed, the Company declined, but also looks at the members of the Company as active participants in the changes to the social, commercial,...

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Main Author:	Leng, Thomas (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Company of Merchant Adventurers of England > History. Company of Merchant Adventurers of England England > Commerce > History > 16th century. England > Commerce > History > 17th century. Angleterre > Commerce > Histoire > 16e siècle. Angleterre > Commerce > Histoire > 17e siècle. Economic History. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS. HISTORY. Social History. Commerce England 1500-1699 Electronic books. History
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