Four Books of Rates (1507, 1536/45, 1558, 1604) | And Two Hanseatic Translations

Stuart Jenks (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3412530700 / ISBN 13: 9783412530709

Published by Böhlau, 2024

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Four Books of Rates (1507, 1536/45, 1558, 1604) | And Two Hanseatic Translations | Stuart Jenks (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Großformatiges Paperback. Klappenbroschur | LXV | Englisch | 2024 | Böhlau | EAN 9783412530709 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Brill Deutschland GmbH, Wollmarktstr. 115, 33098 Paderborn, productsafety[at]degruyterbrill[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Four Books of Rates (1507, 1536/45, 1558, 1604) | And Two Hanseatic Translations
• Publisher: Böhlau
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3412530700
• ISBN 13: 9783412530709
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 27W x 170H x 240D millimeters 27 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 240 millimeters depth
• Weight: 786 grams
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Synopsis

These Books of Rates list - for the use of English customs officials - the official values of hundreds of products commonly traded overseas in the sixteenth century. What goods needed to be listed and what their official valuations were held to be, had been the subject of wary negotiations between the crown and the Merchants Adventurers. These lists thus offer us four snapshots of the shape of English foreign trade. But that is not all. Unbeknownst to all previous scholars, the 1536/45 and 1558 Books of Rates were translated into German (in 1558/60) for the use of Hanseatic diplomats haggling with the crown about customs rates. These translations reflect Hanseatic commercial interests in trade with England, in a word: the shape of the Hanse's trade with England. The subject indices, structured to function as a glossary, will serve as a glossary for all scholars working on the economic history of the sixteenth century.