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02789aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 8DD62752840911E89478B85797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180710010618 008 170908t20182018enkab b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2017962123 020 $a 1785707361 020 $a 9781785707360 035 $a (OCoLC)1003587323 040 $a ERASA $b eng $e rda $c ERASA $d QGJ $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d CDX $d OCLCF $d QGJ $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 050 4 $a HD9901.5 $b .R67 2018 100 1 $a Rose, Susan, $d 1938- $e author. 245 14 $a The wealth of England : $b the medieval wool trade and its political importance, 1100-1600 / $c by Susan Rose. 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Oxbow Books, $c 2018. 300 $a xviii, 219 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-213) and index. 520 8 $a "The wool trade was undoubtedly one of the most important elements of the British economy throughout the medieval period - even the seat occupied by the speaker of the House of lords rests on a woolsack. In 'The wealth of England' Susan Rose brings together the social, economic and political strands in the development of the wool trade and show how and why it became so important. The author looks at the lives of prominent wool-men; gentry who based their wealth on producing this commodity like the Stonors in the Chilterns, canny middlemen who rose to prominence in the City of London like Nicholas Brembre and Richard (Dick) Whittington, and men who acquired wealth and influence like William de la Pole of Hull. She examines how the wealth made by these and other wool-men transformed the appearance of the leading centres of the trade with magnificent churches and other buildings. The export of wool also gave England links with Italian trading cities at the very time that the Renaissance was transforming cultural life. The complex operation of the trade is also explained with the role of the Staple at Calais to the fore leading to a discussion on the way the policy of English kings, especially in the fourteenth century, was heavily influenced by trade in this one commodity. No other book has treated this subject holistically with its influence on the course of English history made plain."--Page 4 of cover. 650 0 $a Wool industry $z England $x History $y To 1500. 650 7 $a Wool industry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180027 651 7 $a England. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01219920 650 7 $a Wollproduktion $2 gnd 650 7 $a Wollhandel $2 gnd 650 7 $a Handelspolitik $2 gnd 651 7 $a England $2 gnd 648 7 $a To 1500 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213015320.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8DD62752840911E89478B85797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search