Fellowship and Freedom. The Merchant Adventurers and the restructuring of English commerce, 1582-1700

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Wadsworth Prize Winner 2020. Deals with the history of the Merchant Adventurers Co from the pinnacle of its power in late 16th century to its decline and loss of its English privileges at the end of the 17th century. Includes much about its individual merchant members including John Quarles, John Banckes, John Kendrick, Lionel Cranfield, William Cokayne, William Attwood, George Lowe, George Warner, Daniel Cooper. Also covers the Cokayne Project. Structured in two parts, viz: Part 1] 'Becoming a Merchant Adventurer' / 'Show days - the government of trade' / 'Running on the Exchange' / 'Disorderly brethren? - Merchant Adventurers and the Company'; Part 2] 'From the imperial mandate of 1597 to the 1604 Free Trade Bill' / 'Merchant Adventurers and the Cokayne Project' / 'Religious and political divisions, c1630-60' / 'Contesting the Company from the Restoration to the Glorious Revolution'