Merchant colonies were a significant factor for economic growth in Europe during the early modern period. The essays in this collection look at merchant colonie

This volume examines the rise of the many different trading empires from the end of the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.

Merchant organisation was a global phenomenon in the early modern era, and in the growing contacts between peoples and cultures, merchants may be seen as privil

Migrating Words, Migrating Merchants, Migrating Law examines the connections that existed between merchants’ journeys, the languages they used and the develop

This book focuses on why Europe became the dominant economic force in global trade between 1450 and 1750.