The Metamorphosis of a Medieval City: Ghent in the Age of the Arteveldes, 1302-1390

Acknowledgments ix A Note on Money and Measures xi 1: the Political Background 1 2: The Population of the City: Numbers, Functions, and Fluctuations 17 3: The Poor You Will Always Have With You 41 4: The Social Geography of Fourteenth-Century Ghent 67 5: Money, Prices, and Wages 120 6: Wool, Cloth, and Guilds: The Organization of the Textile Trade 135 7: The Techniques an dDirections of Trade and Commerce 178 8: The Small World of Finance 198 9: The Regional and Local Markets in the Urban Economy: The VIctualing and Distributive Trades 224 10: The Regional and Local Markets in the Urban Economy: The "Vile Mechanical Arts" 268 Conclusion 290 List of Abbreviations 295 Notes 297 Bibliography 343 Index 355