Trade, diplomacy and cultural exchange: Continuity and change in the North Sea area and the Baltic c. 1350-1750
Brand, H. (Ed.) (2005). Trade, diplomacy and cultural exchange: Continuity and change in the North Sea area and the Baltic c. 1350-1750. Uitgeverij Verloren: Hilversum. ISBN 9065508813. 248 pp.
Related to:Brand, H.; Müller, L. (Ed.) (2005). The dynamics of economic culture in the North Sea- and Baltic Region in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. Uitgeverij Verloren: Hilversum. ISBN 9789065508829. 253 pp., more
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| Keywords |
Cultural anthropology
Diplomacy
Economy
Occupations > Merchants
Policy
Trade
ANE, Baltic [Marine Regions]; ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
Commercial relations between the North Sea area and the Baltic contributed in a fundamental way to Holland's economic dominance in the seventeenth century. They were embedded in a region where numerous expressions of a common culture facilitated the mobility of people and commodities or the spreading of tastes and ideas. The German Hansa played a very important role in this process, but also after its decline, economic contacts between the North Sea region and the Baltic continued and with them a prolonged process of cultural interaction. This volume describes the interconnections of the various aspects of the common economic culture in the region between ca. 1350 and 1750. |
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