Negoţul din târgul medieval Bârlad (secolele XV-XVIII)
The trade of the medieval town Bârlad (XV-XVIII centuries)

Summary/Abstract: The medieval town Bârlad fair has been known to have an ascendant evolution from the beginning of the reign of princeps Alexandru cel Bun and, especially, under Ştefan cel Mare, Petru Rareş, Ieremia Movilă and Vasile Lupu, in terms of demographic, economic, urban, but also commercially. Located on the lower valley of the Bârlad River and at the crossroads of the commercial roads connecting the cities of the Baltic Sea (in the Canezate of Halici) with the Danube and the Black Sea, the town Bârlad fair has also seen growth and decline, greatness and decay. The medieval town Bârlad met in the XV-XVIII centuries an important and efficient trade activity, due to its age and political and economic importance in the country of Moldova, but also because of its strategic location on the international trade road linking the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, meaning Poland by the Ottoman Empire.

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