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Beskrivning
Originally published in 1966. This book collects papers and essays written by historian Frederic C. Lane, who specialized in medieval Venetian history.
Frederic C. Lane specialized in medieval history with an emphasis on the Venetian region. He was a professor at Johns Hopkins University and a former president of the American Historical Society.
Innehållsförteckning
ForewardPart I: VeniceChapter 1: Venetian Shipping During the Commercial RevolutionChapter 2: The Mediterranean Spice Trade: Its Revival in the Sixteenth CenturyChapter 3: Family Partnerships and Joint VenturesChapter 4: Investment and UsuryChapter 5: Venetian Bankers, 1496-1533Chapter 6: The Funded Debt of the Venetian Republic, 1262-1482Chapter 7: Venture Accounting in Medieval Business ManagementChapter 8: Rhythm and Rapidity of Turnover in Venetian Trade of the Fifteenth CenturyChapter 9: Fleets and FairsChapter 10: The Merchant Marine of the Venetian RepublicChapter 11: Naval Architecture, about 1550Chapter 12: From Biremes to TriremesChapter 13: Merchant Galleys, 1300-34: Private and Communal OperationChapter 14: Maritime Law and Administration, 1250-1350Chapter 15: Cotton Cargoes and Regulations Against OverloadingChapter 16: Diet and Wages of Seamen in the Early Fourteenth CenturyChapter 17: The Rope Factory and Hemp Trade in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth CenturiesChapter 18: Medieval Political Ideas and the Venetian ConstitutionPart II: European CommerceChapter 19: Colbert and the Commerce of BordeauxChapter 20: The Economic Meaning of the Invention of the CompassChapter 21: Tonnages, Medieval and ModernPart III: The Cost of ProtectionChapter 22: National Wealth and Protection CostsChapter 23: The Economic Meaning of War and ProtectionChapter 24: Force and Enterprise in the Creation of Oceanic CommerceChapter 25: Economic Consequences of Organized ViolencePart IV: HistoryChapter 26: Why Begin at the Beginning?Chapter 27: The Social Sciences and the HumanitiesChapter 28: Theoretical and Historical InterestsChapter 29: Some Heirs of Gustav von SchmollerChapter 30: Units of Economic Growth Historically ConsideredChapter 31: Human History and Natural HistoryChapter 32: At the Roots of RepublicanismPostscriptBibliography of Frederic C. Lane, 1924-66Index
