Author: LIU Jinghua(Professor of IEC, TJNU)

Publisher: China Social Science Press(May 2007)

ISBN: 9787500461517

Introduction：

Towards the Age of Mercantilismis an in-depth work on merchants and cities in Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. It reviews the social role and limitations of merchants during the transitional period, examines their social image and evaluation, and tries to make a general observation of Western European cities in the Middle Ages in terms of political attributes, political status, political relations and political roles. It also provides a comparative study with ancient citiesin China.