A biography of William de la Pole, Merchant and King's Banker' (died 1366), a rich merchant who became the first mayor of Hull in 1332 and a baron of the excheq

This book is a study of William de la Pole, the first English royal banker. E. B. Fryde discusses Pole's role as a merchant and financier, his political influen

In Kings, Knights, and Bankers, Richard Kaeuper presents a lifetime of medieval research on Italian financiers, English kingship, chivalric violence, and knight

The eleven articles in this volume examine controversial subjects of central importance to medieval economic historians. Topics include the relative roles playe