English Wool Trade in the Middle Ages

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Seminal account. Has chapters: 'Growth of the Flemish connection'; 'The end of the Flemish ascendancy'; 'The Italian hegemony'; 'The English triumphant'; 'Edward III - woolmonger extraordinary'; 'Quest for a staple policy'; 'The evolution of the Calais staple'; 'The decline of the wool trade'; 'Marketing the wool'. Touches briefly on a wide range of individual wool merchants