The Art of the Deal
Intermediaries of Trade in Medieval Montpellier
Biographical note
Kathryn L. Reyerson, Ph.D. (1974) in Medieval Studies, Yale University, is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. She has published extensively on medieval social and economic history, particularly of the French Mediterranean, including a co-edited volume Urban and Rural Communities in Medieval France, Provence of Languedoc, 1000-1500 (Brill, 1998)
Readership
All those interested in the Middle Ages, social and economic history, history of business, as well as French historians and specialists of the medieval Mediterranean world.
Reviews
'…an unpretentious innovative book that deserves to be read by all historians…'
Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The American Historical Review, 2005.
Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The American Historical Review, 2005.
Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Maps, Charts, and Tables
Introduction 1
1. The Mediterranean Arena of the Medieval European Entrepreneur 17
2. The Local Market Environment in Montpellier 47
3. Members of the Trade Infrastructure 79
4. Personnel of the Mercantile Entourage: Kinship, Partnership, Representation 103
5. The Discovery Phase: Making Connections and Arranging the Deal 143
6. Closing and Execution of the Deal 183
Conclusions 219
Bibliography 227
Index 243
Acknowledgments
List of Maps, Charts, and Tables
Introduction 1
1. The Mediterranean Arena of the Medieval European Entrepreneur 17
2. The Local Market Environment in Montpellier 47
3. Members of the Trade Infrastructure 79
4. Personnel of the Mercantile Entourage: Kinship, Partnership, Representation 103
5. The Discovery Phase: Making Connections and Arranging the Deal 143
6. Closing and Execution of the Deal 183
Conclusions 219
Bibliography 227
Index 243
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