Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror
- Cambridge Companions to Culture
- The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prologue: Studying the Age of William the Conqueror
- Part I Home and Away
- Part II Space and Society
- 4 Landscape and Settlement
- 5 Church and Society
- 6 Trade and Travel
- Part III Individuals and Institutions
- Part IV Cultural Perspectives
- Epilogue: The Legacy of William the Conqueror and His Age Today
- Bibliography
- Index nominum et locorum
6 - Trade and Travel
from Part II - Space and Society
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 June 2022
- The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror
- Cambridge Companions to Culture
- The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prologue: Studying the Age of William the Conqueror
- Part I Home and Away
- Part II Space and Society
- 4 Landscape and Settlement
- 5 Church and Society
- 6 Trade and Travel
- Part III Individuals and Institutions
- Part IV Cultural Perspectives
- Epilogue: The Legacy of William the Conqueror and His Age Today
- Bibliography
- Index nominum et locorum
Summary
This chapter concludes the volume’s second thematic strand (Space and Society) with an analysis of travel and trade in the age of William the Conqueror. Focusing on dynamics of commerce and communication, it traces the movement of goods and people across eleventh-century north-western Europe. The chapter begins with an introductory discussion of trade and commerce, before turning its attention to different kinds of landscapes and road networks. This is followed by a study of inland navigation and maritime travel that ranges broadly across the north-western European landscape.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Age of William the Conqueror , pp. 118 - 140Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022