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- Title
The Rise and Decline of the Market of Bruges.
- Authors
Van Houtte, J. A.
- Abstract
This article focuses on the rise and decline of commercial exchange in Bruges, Belgium. The city was considered as the main seaport where the exports wares were concentrated and the imported merchandise was distributed. It was granted in 1200 one of the five fairs of Flanders. Bruges has a strong trade relations with England. Thus, it emerged as the great market for English wool. However, in the course of the twelfth century, a profound change affected the harbor situation of Bruges. Moreover, the move of north-western Europe to modify its economic structure affected the future of the city. The disturbances which marked the regency of Maximilian of Austria in Flanders from 1482 to 1493 struck a new blow at the trade of Bruges and by the end of the fifteenth century, Bruges was nearly abandoned by its trading partners.
- Subjects
BRUGES (Belgium); BELGIUM; FLANDERS; ENGLAND; AUSTRIA; COMMERCE; INTERNATIONAL trade
- Publication
Economic History Review, 1966, Vol 19, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2592791