Message in a Bottle - Jenks Stuart
Merchants' letters, merchants' marks and conflict management in 1533-3
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2022Uitgever: Brepols Publishers257 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503595405ISBN-13: 9782503595405Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary In 1533, a batch of merchants' letters was to be delivered from Antwerp to London. They never reached their destination, and were only opened in a Hanseatic archive almost 500 years later. Like a message in a bottle, the letters unfold unknown individual stories and large-scale drama. They offer a fascinating glimpse into the world of the early 16th century, from hard-nosed business and prices in code sent to a wife, to the fond greetings of an English father to his three young sons or a secretive ...
