Lessons from Medieval Trade
On March 28, 1210, Rubeus de Campo of Genoa agreed to pay a debt of 100 marks
sterling in London on behalf of Vivianus Jordanus from Lucca . There is nothing unusual
about this agreement—in fact, there is evidence of thousands of such agreements in
Europe at the time. But this agreement implicitly reveals why Rubeus lived in a period of
remarkable economic growth measured by such proxies as urbanization, population
growth, capital investment, and changing patterns of t
sterling in London on behalf of Vivianus Jordanus from Lucca . There is nothing unusual
about this agreement—in fact, there is evidence of thousands of such agreements in
Europe at the time. But this agreement implicitly reveals why Rubeus lived in a period of
remarkable economic growth measured by such proxies as urbanization, population
growth, capital investment, and changing patterns of t
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