Medieval Ships and ShippingLeicester University Press, 1997 - 219 pages In medieval Europe, water transport was paramount, on inland waterways, along the coast and overseas. In the period covered here (1000-1500) many important ports were developed, shipbuilding designs and techniques changed - as didi navigation - and international traffic flourished. All these changes are described and placed in their social and economic context in this comprehensive synthesis. |
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... fourteenth century there was vigorous trade between the Hanse and England . Hanse ships imported mixed cargoes , including timber from Gdańsk and some Rhenish wine , and exported cloth from Boston and other ports . English kings gave ...
... fourteenth century there was vigorous trade between the Hanse and England . Hanse ships imported mixed cargoes , including timber from Gdańsk and some Rhenish wine , and exported cloth from Boston and other ports . English kings gave ...
Page 85
... fourteenth century . ( Their knowledge of the port was no doubt useful when they helped the French to sack it in 1338. ) Although the Genoese had been the originators of the galley trade to the Channel , the cocha type proved so ...
... fourteenth century . ( Their knowledge of the port was no doubt useful when they helped the French to sack it in 1338. ) Although the Genoese had been the originators of the galley trade to the Channel , the cocha type proved so ...
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... fourteenth century England was exporting about 30,000 sacks of wool per year , plus 12,000 broadcloths and an unknown quantity of other cloths ( Pelham , 1948a : 240 ) . When England developed its cloth industry during the fourteenth ...
... fourteenth century England was exporting about 30,000 sacks of wool per year , plus 12,000 broadcloths and an unknown quantity of other cloths ( Pelham , 1948a : 240 ) . When England developed its cloth industry during the fourteenth ...
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