TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Message in a bottle : merchants' letters, merchants' marks and conflict management in 1533-34 : a source edition
T2  - Studies in European urban history (1100-1800)
A2  - Jenks, Stuart, toimittaja
A2  - Wubs-Mrozewicz, Justyna, 1976- toimittaja
LA  - eng
LA  - nld
LA  - lat
PP  - Turnhout
PB  - Brepols
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5698591
AB  - "In 1533, a batch of merchant 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 message of a grandmother from Antwerp. At the backdrop, war was looming: the letters were part of a booty taken in the English Channel in August of 1533. L©ơbeck privateers plundered six neutral ships, carting the goods of English, Dutch, Spanish, Venetian and Hanseatic merchants off to L©ơbeck and Hamburg. As a result, Henry VIII of England exploded with rage and restitution claims were made. Soon after, L©ơbeck realized the potential political cost of the action and an administrative machinery for the return of the booty was set in motion. Extensive documentation was produced under the eye of notaries, providing an overview of properties of the involved parties, including many merchant marks. The combination of unique letters and administrative documents offers new openings into the study of economic, political and social history of pre-modern northern Europe. Highlights are the migration of people and goods, resourceful conflict management and the voice of ordinary people, captured in their letters"--Back cover.
SN  - 978-2-503-59540-5 kovakantinen
SN  - 2503595405 kovakantinen
KW  - 1500-1599
KW  - 1500-luku
KW  - Merchants : Correspondence.
KW  - Commerce.
KW  - Merchants.
KW  - kauppiaat
KW  - kauppa
KW  - kirjeet
KW  - kirjeenvaihto
KW  - Netherlands : Commerce : History : 16th century : Sources.
KW  - England : Commerce : History : 16th century : Sources.
KW  - England.
KW  - Europe : North Sea Region.
KW  - Alankomaat
KW  - Englanti
KW  - Iso-Britannia
KW  - Eurooppa
ER  -