Trade and Urban Development in Poland: An Economic Geography of Cracow, from its Origins to 1795

F. W. Carter

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511522222

This 1994 study uses the experience of Cracow to illuminate general patterns of trade and urban growth in central and eastern Europe over several centuries. Dr Carter emphasizes the spatial aspects of commodity analysis during the later medieval and early modern periods, and traces the impact of political circumstance on commercial progress and mercantile evolution. He describes the regions and places of especial significance for Cracow's trade development, and examines the principal trading flows and commodity movements within the overall context of European economic and social change. Based upon an intensive analysis of primary sources, Trade and Urban Development in Poland breaks new ground in its examination of the impact of commerce on urban growth over the longue durée, and will make a major contribution to our understanding of the historical geography of Europe.

"...not simply one more history of a town but a geographical study of its commerce [which] has methodological pioneering ambitions." Journal of Economic History

"F.W. Carter has given medievalists a model study of one town's commercial connections and thus a challenge, too. Can specialists in western or Mediterranean Europe construct comparable treatments of medieval urban centers there?" Richard Hoffmann, Speculum- A Journal of Medieval Studies

"Because no analagous systematic synthesis of materials exists for any Polish city, this work will undoubtedly be of great service to anyone intersted in the economic history of Poland. It is clearly the product of herculean labors and for this the author deserves great praise." Gershon Hundert, American Historical Review

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1 - Introduction: Cracow in context
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2 - Source materials and published literature
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3 - Cracow's early development
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4 - The political situation of Cracow, 1257–1500
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5 - European trade through Cracow, 1257–1500
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6 - The political situation of Cracow, 1500–1795
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7 - The commerce of Cracow, 1500–1795
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8 - Cracow: a final appraisal
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Appendix: Important dates in Cracow's history up to 1795
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Frontmatter
pp i-viii

Contents
pp ix-xi

List of figures
pp xii-xiv

List of tables
pp xv-xviii

Preface
pp xix-xx

Acknowledgements
pp xxi-xxii

1 - Introduction: Cracow in context
pp 1-17

2 - Source materials and published literature
pp 18-41

3 - Cracow's early development
pp 42-62

4 - The political situation of Cracow, 1257–1500
pp 63-86

5 - European trade through Cracow, 1257–1500
pp 87-169

6 - The political situation of Cracow, 1500–1795
pp 170-194

7 - The commerce of Cracow, 1500–1795
pp 195-339

8 - Cracow: a final appraisal
pp 340-362

Appendix: Important dates in Cracow's history up to 1795
pp 363-366

Notes
pp 367-492

Select bibliography
pp 493-497

Index
pp 498-509

Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography
pp 510-511

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