Cambridge European Economic History (Volume 2, Trade and Industry in the Middle Ages)

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Features: Economic history is the discipline that studies the specific processes and special laws of the development and evolution of economic activities and economic relations in various historical periods, different countries or regions of human society. It not only provides a basis for summarizing historical experience and predicting future trends in socio-economic development but also offers a historical context for studying economic thoughts, theories, and policies formed in different historical periods. This volume explores the channels and transformations of economic connections between different countries within Europe. This book was planned by the renowned British scholar Sir Charles Wilson in the 1930s, with the first volume published in 1941, and the complete eight volumes were completed in 1989, spanning over 60 years. The authors of this book are primarily distinguished economic historians from various fields in European countries. Although the chief editors vary by volume, the overall editors mainly include four professors: M. M. Postan, an honorary professor of economic history at the University of Cambridge, D. C. Coleman, a professor of economic history at the University of Cambridge, P. T. Mathias, a professor of economic history at the University of Oxford, and H. J. Habakkuk, a professor of economic history at the University of Oxford (and the Master of Jesus College, Oxford).