Quotation from: Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period

Written by: Paul Lacroix

Commerce.

State of Commerce after the Fall of the Roman. Empire.--Its Revival
under the Frankish Kings.--Its Prosperity under Charlemagne.--Its
Decline down to the Time of the Crusaders.--The Levant Trade of the
East.--Flourishing State of the Towns of Provence and
Languedoc.--Establishment of Fairs.--Fairs of Landit, Champagne,
Beaucaire, and Lyons.--Weights and Measures.--Commercial Flanders. Laws
of Maritime Commerce.--Consular Laws.--Banks and Bills of
Exchange.--French. Settlements on the Coast of Africa.--Consequences of
the Discovery of America.