Richard Goddard is Associate Professor of Medieval Historyat the University of Nottingham, UK. He is author of Lordship and Medieval Urbanization: Coventry, 1043-1355 (Woodbridge,2004) and co-editor of Survival andDiscord in Medieval Society (Turnhout, 2010). He has written extensively onthe economic and social history of later medieval England.

• Chapter 1) The StatuteStaple and Trade Finance in Later Medieval England.- Chapter 2) Merchantsand Trade.- Chapter 3) Boom and Bust: Patterns of Borrowing in Later Medieval England.- Chapter 4) TheGeography of Recession: Provincial Credit in Later Medieval England.- Chapter 5) London: TheCommercial Powerhouse.- Chapter 6) Conclusions.

Richard Goddard is Associate Professor of Medieval Historyat the University of Nottingham, UK. He is author of Lordship and Medieval Urbanization: Coventry, 1043-1355 (Woodbridge,2004) and co-editor of Survival andDiscord in Medieval Society (Turnhout, 2010). He has written extensively onthe economic and social history of later medieval England.

• Chapter 1) The StatuteStaple and Trade Finance in Later Medieval England.- Chapter 2) Merchantsand Trade.- Chapter 3) Boom and Bust: Patterns of Borrowing in Later Medieval England.- Chapter 4) TheGeography of Recession: Provincial Credit in Later Medieval England.- Chapter 5) London: TheCommercial Powerhouse.- Chapter 6) Conclusions.

Richard Goddard is Associate Professor of Medieval Historyat the University of Nottingham, UK. He is author of Lordship and Medieval Urbanization: Coventry, 1043-1355 (Woodbridge,2004) and co-editor of Survival andDiscord in Medieval Society (Turnhout, 2010). He has written extensively onthe economic and social history of later medieval England.

• Chapter 1) The StatuteStaple and Trade Finance in Later Medieval England.- Chapter 2) Merchantsand Trade.- Chapter 3) Boom and Bust: Patterns of Borrowing in Later Medieval England.- Chapter 4) TheGeography of Recession: Provincial Credit in Later Medieval England.- Chapter 5) London: TheCommercial Powerhouse.- Chapter 6) Conclusions.