The city of Gdańsk has a historical centre with several striking buildings which can make any historian’s heart beat faster, even with the knowledge that they were partly rebuilt after the destructions of World War II. Most interesting from the perspective of early technology and industry are the magnificent fifteenth-century Crane along the River Motława,… Continue reading Danzig’s Great Mill and the renown of its master mill builder
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Mulling over the Millers: Insights on Guild and Governance in Eighteenth-Century Brussels.
This blog is the first in a series of guest blogs planned for 2024 which explore issues relating to the grain trade across Europe in the period 1315-1815. The city of Brussels was, among others, home to the millers’ guild, a group which up until the second half of the eighteenth century held the privilege… Continue reading Mulling over the Millers: Insights on Guild and Governance in Eighteenth-Century Brussels.
The Politics of the English Grain Trade, 1314-1815 