IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 215: Interconnecting Business

Monday 12 July 2010, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:	Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Organiser:	Gerhard Jaritz, Institut für Realienkunde, Universität Salzburg, Krems / Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Moderator/Chair:	Daniel Ziemann, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Paper 215-a	Castles as Crosspoints in a Network of Trade and Mobility: Contacts and Connections Represented in the Material Record (Language: English) Christina Schmid, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, Universität Salzburg Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Economics - Trade
Paper 215-b	Small Towns vs. Big Towns: Centres of Medieval Trade and Transport in Central Europe (Language: English) Balázs Nagy, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest / Eötvös Loránd University Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Trade, Economics - Urban
Paper 215-c	Fortified Landscape in the English Way: Trade and Pilgrimage in Medieval Galicia (Language: English) Rosario Valdés Blanco-Rajoy, Spanish National Research Council Carlos Andrés González Paz, Instituto de Estudios Gallegos 'Padre Sarmiento', Santiago de Compostela Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Economics - Trade, Local History
Abstract	The session concentrates on business networks in late medieval society that are particularly connected with mobility. Central European case studies are in the centre of interest. They are supposed to lead to a comparative approach which will offer new aspects and results with regard to business and trade contacts in late medieval Europe.