England and the Salt Trade in the Later Middle Ages

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Early scholarly account. See the writer's doctoral thesis, 'Import Trade in Salt into England in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries', London School of Economics, 1952. Deals with the European salt industry, c1300-1500, where, by 15th century, production had become much concentrated in France. Deals especially with importation into England and the organisation and nature of this trade. Also deals with distribution within England. Has chapters: 'Centres of production'; 'The sea-borne salt trade of North West Europe, 1300-50'; 'The southern salines'; 'Bourgneuf Bay'; 'The sea-borne salt trade of North West Europe, 1350-1500'; 'The effects of the bay-salt trade'; 'The organization of the English trade'; 'Distribution in England'. Extensive appendices including 'Import trade in salt, 1380-1490' giving imports per port