Early medieval port customs, tolls and controls on foreign trade.

The objective of this paper is to offer a fresh perspective on the nature and organization of international trade in early medieval ports from the evidence of documentary sources on tolls and customs, trading practices and controls on foreign merchants. In particular, the paper considers the evidenc...

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Publicado en:Early Medieval Europe Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 313 - 359
Autor principal: Middleton, Neil
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Nov2005
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Sumario:The objective of this paper is to offer a fresh perspective on the nature and organization of international trade in early medieval ports from the evidence of documentary sources on tolls and customs, trading practices and controls on foreign merchants. In particular, the paper considers the evidence for continuities and borrowings from the Roman and Byzantine worlds and the extent to which they influenced trading practices in the west and especially in Anglo-Saxon England.