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- Trade and Institutions in the Medieval Mediterranean
- Series page
- Trade and Institutions in the Medieval Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Technical notes
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: two tales
- Part I Institutions
- 2 Merchants in their community
- 3 The uses of commercial correspondence
- 4 The nature of merchants' trade
- 5 The human landscape: business relationships, institutions of law and government
- 6 Conclusion to part I
- Part II Geographies
- Glossary of terms
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - The nature of merchants' trade
from Part I - Institutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2012
- Trade and Institutions in the Medieval Mediterranean
- Series page
- Trade and Institutions in the Medieval Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Technical notes
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: two tales
- Part I Institutions
- 2 Merchants in their community
- 3 The uses of commercial correspondence
- 4 The nature of merchants' trade
- 5 The human landscape: business relationships, institutions of law and government
- 6 Conclusion to part I
- Part II Geographies
- Glossary of terms
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Trade and Institutions in the Medieval MediterraneanThe Geniza Merchants and their Business World, pp. 93 - 119Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012