'Wool trade in the fifteenth century' in E Power & M M Postan (eds), Studies in English Trade in the Fifteenth Century

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An authoritative and detailed survey of the English wool trade with Europe. Sections include: 'Directions of trade'; 'Technique of the trade' - 'Purchase of wool' / 'Transmission and sale of the wool'; 'The staple as an organ of public finance' - 'Loans, the wool customs and the garrison of Calais' / 'Bullion regulations'. Draws heavily on the Cely Papers