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Nicholas R. Amor.
Late Medieval Ipswich: Trade & Industry.
Publisher: Boydell Press.
Publication due: October 2011.
Size: 23.4 x 15.6.
Page count: 312pp.
Publisher's recommended price
Hardback ISBN 9781843836735, £50.00
Description:
Ipswich in the late middle ages was a flourishing town. A wide range of commodities passed through its port, to and from far-flung markets, bought and sold by merchants from diverse backgrounds, and carried in ships whose design evolved during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Its trading partners, both domestic and overseas, changed in response to developments in the international, national and local economy, as did the occupations of its craftsmen, with textile, leather and metal industries were of particular importance. However, despite its importance, and the richness of its medieval archives, the story of Ipswich at the time has been sadly neglected. This is a gap which the author here aims to remedy. His careful study allows a detailed picture of urban life to emerge, shedding new light not only on the borough itself, but on towns more generally at a crucial point in their development, at a period of growing affluence when ordinary people enjoyed an unprecedented rise in standards of living, and the benefits of what might be termed our first consumer revolution.
Contents:
1 Introduction
2 Economic Context
3 The Produce of Many Lands
4 A Flourishing Town
5 Merchants of Cologne
6 The Town in Troubled Times
7 Calmer Waters
8 Recovery Begins
9 Inventiveness and Enterprise
10 Appendix 1: Timeline
11 Appendix 2: Fifteenth-century Ipswich Bailiffs
12 Appendix 3: Fifteenth-century Ipswich People
13 Appendix 4: Surviving Memorials to Ipswich Burgesses
14 Appendix 5: Merchants Shipping Wool from Ipswich, 1396-1413
15 Appendix 6: Exports and Imports by Ipswich Merchants, 1396-98
16 Appendix 7: Denizen Merchants Active in Ipswich Overseas Trade, 1459-66
17 Bibliography