A Medieval Mercantile Community. The Grocers' Company and the politics and trade of London, 1000-1485

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Scholarly account. Deals with the origins - in chronological fashion - of the Grocers' Company and the light it sheds on the development of London's political, social and, most notably, economic life with much about the capital's trade and its location within England. Includes much on trades in alum, dyes, spices, grocery, wax, wine, woollen cloth, wool, etc. Also much on alien merchants in London, notably of Italian origin. Chapters include: 'London and the pepperers' trade in the tenth and eleventh centuries'; 'Moneyers and merchants'; 'The Crown, the City and the twelfth century guild'; 'The aliens and the spice market in the thirteenth century; 'The return of the fairs, 1270-98'; 'Crisis and co-operation, 1298-1318'; 'Recession and a divided city, 1318-30'; 'The founding of the fraternity, 1330-48'; 'Pestilence and free trade, 1349-69'; 'Nicholas Brembre and the Company of Grocers, 1369-81'; 'The Peasants' Revolt and the struggle against Northampton, 1381-84'; 'The fall of Brembre, 1384-88'; 'The submission to the City, 1388-99'; 'The horizons close in, 1399-1413'; 'Survival and recovery, 1413-30'; ''Gret Travayle & Besynez - building the Hall, 1420-60'; 'The struggle to compete, 1430-45'; 'Recession and opportunity, 1445-61'; 'York and Lancaster - faction in the City and Company, 1445-61'; 'The Yorkist Company, 1461-85'