The Merchants Adventurers and the Continental Cloth-trade (1560s–1620s)

The "Historische Kommission zu Berlin" (Historical Commssion of Berlin) explores the history of the region as well as the historical geography of Berlin-Brandenburg and Brandenburg-Prussia. The commission carries out this exploration through academic research, lectures, conferences, and publications, and offers its service for researchers and other institutes. In doing this, the commission cooperates with other institutes and accompanies academic and practical projects which are of public interest. The series "Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission zu Berlin" (VHKB; Publications of the Historical Commisison of Berlin) publishes the results of the various academic projects of the commission. Contents Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One. Motives of the Merchants Adventurers for Shifting Their Marts, and Their Criteria of Site Selection Chapter Two. The State of the Art of Finishing Techniques for English Woollens Used in Germany at the Time Chapter Three. Chronicle of Developments in Imports of English Woollens to Germany (1564-1611) Chapter Four. The Merchants Adventurers in Germany Chapter Five. Centres of the Cloth Trade in Germany (with Antwerp) Conclusion Appendix 1. Andreas Ryff from Basel: An Example of How the Business of a Cloth Trader “At Second Hand” Was Run Appendix 2. Biographical Data on Englishmen Engaged in Trading in Germany – Outside the Mart Towns – in the Latter Half of the Sixteenth and the Early Seventeenth Centuries Bibliography Index of Places by Country Index of Names