South German Silver, European Textiles, and Venetian Trade with the Levant and Ottoman Empire, c. 1370 to c. 1720: A non-mercantilist approach [PDF]
A recurrent and indeed persistent problem in European economic history – a veritable deus ex machina -- from medieval to modern times, is Europe’s supposed ‘balance of payments’ problem in trade with the ‘East’.
John H. Munro
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Richer than Gold: the fungal biodiversity of Reserva Los Cedros, a threatened Andean cloud forest. [PDF]
Bot Stud, 2023 Vandegrift R +12 more
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The Rise, Expansion, and Decline of the Italian Cloth Industries, 1100 - 1730: a study in conjoncture, transaction costs, and comparative advantage [PDF]
This study of the Italian wool-based textile industries (woollens, worsteds, and serges) seeks to examine its rise, expansion, and ultimate decline, over a period of five centuries (from ca. 1200 to ca.
John H. Munro
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Agriculture in Europe's little divergence: the case of Spain [PDF]
, 2015 This paper explores the role of agriculture in Spain's contribution to the little divergence in Europe. On the basis of tithes collected by historians over the years, long-run trends in agricultural output are drawn.
Prados de la Escosura, Leandro +2 more
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"Married the sister of his late wife”: The negotiation of kin-marriages in Renaissance Hungary [PDF]
, 2011 The study examines the social practices and cultural attitudes concerning kin-marriages of both the aristocracy and the common man. The analysis oflay petitions handed in to the papal curia asking the dispensation of kin-marriageshighlights the ...
Erdélyi, Gabriella
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Arsenic in Drinking Water and Diabetes. [PDF]
Water (Basel), 2023 Shakya A +7 more
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Dating the Noceto Vasca Votiva, a unique wooden structure of the 15th century BCE, and the timing of a major societal change in the Bronze Age of northern Italy. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Cremaschi M +5 more
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Surgery as a Science: The Intellectual and Practical Evolution of European Surgery from the 16th to the 18th century [PDF]
, 2017 This article explores the transition of surgery from a collection of skills and techniques used on the battlefield to its acceptance as a medical profession.
Nebiolo, Molly
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Is Anonymity the Missing Link Between Commercial and Industrial Revolution? [PDF]
The Industrial Revolution is often characterized as the culmination of a process of commercialisation ; however, the precise nature of such a link remains unclear.
Broadberry, Stephen +2 more
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The Changing Fortunes of Fairs in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Warfare, Transaction Costs, and the 'New Institutional Economics' [PDF]
This paper revisits, modifies, and combines elements of three major 'institutional' international-trade models, none of which has yet fully received the attention that it deserves, to provide a new explanation for the growth, decline, and then rebirth of
John H. Munro
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