High Germans in the Low Countries : German merchants and commerce in golden age Antwerp / by Donald J. Harreld.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index.

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"This volume looks at the Antwerp's South German merchant community during the city's Golden Age. While focusing on their commercial activities, the book examines German involvement in the social life of the city and compares it to the way other foreign merchant groups operated in the city and interacted with each other."--Jacket

Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Introduction -- Ch. 2 development of the Antwerp market before 1500 -- Ch. 3 Antwerp's foreign merchant communities -- Ch. 4 Germans in Antwerp -- Ch. 5 Commerce and urban networks -- Ch. 6 infrastructure of Antwerp's German trade -- Ch. 7 Trade between Antwerp and Germany in the sixteenth century -- Ch. 8 German activities in the second half of the sixteenth century and the decline of the Antwerp market -- Ch. 9 German contribution -- App. 1 Money -- App. 2 Merchants with exports to Germany over 1000 [pound] Flemish Groot (1543-1545) -- App. 3 Total value of exports from Antwerp to various German cities (1543-1545).

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