Commercial Contacts of Gdańsk and Vilnius in the Light of a Fifteenth-Century Merchant Book Cover Image

Kontakty handlowe Gdańska i Wilna w świetle piętnastowiecznej księgi kupieckiej
Commercial Contacts of Gdańsk and Vilnius in the Light of a Fifteenth-Century Merchant Book

Author(s): Anna Paulina Orłowska
Subject(s): History, Middle Ages, 15th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: commerce; Prussia; wax; cloth; account books; monetisation; credit

Summary/Abstract: This contribution to the contacts between the merchants of Vilnius and Gdańsk presents commercial activities of Vilnians in Gdańsk between 1426 and 1451, the networks of their contacts and relations, their credit capabilities, the primary model of commercial transaction, a degree of monetisation and financial capacities in the light of the trade register of merchant Johan Pyre from Gdańsk.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 59-91
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: Polish