Long Distance Trade in the Middle Ages
Quelle
Lehrbuch der Geschichte für die Oberstufe höherer Lehranstalten. Hauptteil 2: Die Neubildung der europäischen Kulturwelt durch Christentum und Germanentum/ Karl Lorenz - 5. Aufl. München: Oldenbourg, 1926, S. 88. -
GEI shelf mark: HEG-III 24(5,26)-2.
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Beschreibung
As a result of the Crusades, European trade blossomed in the thirteenth century. It covered two main trading areas: the far-reaching Mediterranean area and the emerging Hanseatic trade zone. According to the textbook author, major German cities played an important role as mediators between southern and northern as well as eastern Europe. This is how German merchants began to take part in ‘world trade’ between Orient and Occident, which was primarily controlled by financiers in Venice, Genoa and Marseilles.
Kategorien
Schlüsselwörter
- Middle Ages
- long distance trade
- Finance
- Culture
- Teutons
- Christianity
- Occident
- Mediterranean area
- Baltic sea area
- Nation
- Hanse
Kommentar
No less that five editions of this textbook were published during the Weimar Republic by Oldenbourg. This volume, which deals with the Middle Ages, was written for the upper levels of higher educational institutions in Bavaria by Dr Karl Lorenz from Munich. In contrast to the general trend at the time of the Weimar Republic, the Bavarian education system [mehr...]
