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Institutions of Hanseatic Trade Stephan Selzer / Ulf Christian Ewert / Stephan Selzer Ulf Christian Ewert / Stephan Selzer Institutions of Hanseatic Trade The merchants of the medieval Hanse The Authors Institutions of monopolised trade in the Baltic and Ulf Christian Ewert is Research Associate North Sea areas. The authors describe the at the Cluster of Excellence ‘Religion and structure of this trade system in terms of Politics’ and lecturer in economic history Hanseatic Trade network organisation and explain, on the at the University of Münster. He has grounds of institutional economics, the taught medieval and economic history Ulf Christian Ewert coordination of the merchants’ com- at Chemnitz University of Technology, mercial exchange by reputation, trust Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, Studies on the Political Economy of a and culture. The institutional economics Free University of Berlin and the univer- Medieval Network Organisation approach also allows for a comprehen- sities of Munich, Halle and Regensburg. sive analysis of coordination problems He published numerous articles on the arising between merchants, towns and Hanse, the Portuguese overseas expan- the ‘Kontore’. Due to the simplicity and sion, the political economy of pre-modern flexibility of network trade the Hansards princely courts and on early-modern could bridge the huge gap in economic living standards. development between the West and the East. In the changing economic condi- Stephan Selzer is Professor for medieval tions around 1500, however, exactly these history at Helmut-Schmidt-University / characteristics proved to be a serious limit University of the Federal Armed Forces to further retain their trade monopoly. Hamburg. He is the author of numerous publications on the social and economic history of the later Middle Ages as well as specialist literature on the medieval TOWN Hanseatic League and on communication and mobility in the Hanse area. Institutions of Hanseatic Trade KONTOR TOWN TOWN KONTOR ISBN 978-3-631-66183-3 Ulf Christian Ewert and Stephan Selzer - 9783631661833 Heruntergeladen von PubFactory am05/16/2018 01:20:11PM via Peter Lang AG tephan Selzer S / Ulf Christian Ewert / Stephan Selzer Ulf Christian Ewert / Stephan Selzer Institutions of Hanseatic Trade The merchants of the medieval Hanse The Authors Institutions of monopolised trade in the Baltic and Ulf Christian Ewert is Research Associate North Sea areas. The authors describe the at the Cluster of Excellence ‘Religion and structure of this trade system in terms of Politics’ and lecturer in economic history Hanseatic Trade network organisation and explain, on the at the University of Münster. He has grounds of institutional economics, the taught medieval and economic history Ulf Christian Ewert coordination of the merchants’ com- at Chemnitz University of Technology, mercial exchange by reputation, trust Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, Studies on the Political Economy of a and culture. The institutional economics Free University of Berlin and the univer- Medieval Network Organisation approach also allows for a comprehen- sities of Munich, Halle and Regensburg. sive analysis of coordination problems He published numerous articles on the arising between merchants, towns and Hanse, the Portuguese overseas expan- the ‘Kontore’. Due to the simplicity and sion, the political economy of pre-modern flexibility of network trade the Hansards princely courts and on early-modern could bridge the huge gap in economic living standards. development between the West and the East. In the changing economic condi- Stephan Selzer is Professor for medieval tions around 1500, however, exactly these history at Helmut-Schmidt-University / characteristics proved to be a serious limit University of the Federal Armed Forces to further retain their trade monopoly. Hamburg. He is the author of numerous publications on the social and economic history of the later Middle Ages as well as specialist literature on the medieval TOWN Hanseatic League and on communication and mobility in the Hanse area. 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