Wim Blockmans is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of Leiden. His previous publications include Introduction to Medieval Europe, 2nd edition, with Peter Hoppenbrouwers (2014). Mikhail Krom Professor of Comparative Studies in History at the European University at St. Petersburg. Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz is Assistant Professor in Medieval History at the University of Amsterdam.

• List of figures PrefaceNotes on Contributors Wim Blockmans, Mikhail Krom and Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz ‘Maritime Trade around Europe, 1300-1600. Commercial Networks and Urban Autonomy’ Thematic Aspects Richard W. Unger ‘Ships and Sailing Routes in Maritime Trade around Europe, 1300-1600’ Stuart Jenks ‘Capturing Opportunity, Financing Trade’ Donatella Calabi ‘Trading Spaces in European Port Cities: The Architectural Models of Bourses, Lonjas, and Exchanges’ Agnete Nesse ‘Trade and Language: How did Traders Communicate Across Language Borders?’ Albrecht Cordes ‘Lex Maritima? Local, Regional and Universal Maritime Law in the Middle Ages’ The Mediterranean Monique O’Connell ‘Venice: City of Merchants or City for Merchandise?’ Georg Christ ‘Collapse and Continuity: Alexandria as a Declining City with a Thriving Port (Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries)’ Lovro Kuncevic ‘The Maritime Trading Network of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) from the Fourteenth to the Sixteenth Century’ Luisa Piccinno ‘Genoa: a City with a Port or a Port City?’ Carlo Taviani ‘The Genoese Casa di San Giorgio as a Micro-Economic and Territorial Nodal System’ Thierry Pécout ‘Marseille: A Supporting Role’ David Igual Luis ‘Valencia: Opportunities of a Secondary Node’ The Baltic Carsten Jahnke ‘Lübeck and the Hanse: a Queen Without Its Body’ Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz ‘Danzig (Gdańsk): seeking stability and autonomy’ Anu Män

This comprehensive handbook is a fascinating resource for all those interested in the early history of European maritime trade. The highly stimulating volume entices the reader to undertake a magnificent journey to visit important maritime ports and thus to rethink the early stages of European integration.Jüri Kivimäe, University of Toronto, Canada This volume is a much needed synthesis of European Medieval Maritime trade, which presents an up to date state of the art of this active field. Its detailed case-studies and comparative framework will be useful both for students and for scholars.Maria Fusaro, University of Exeter, UK