Economy - Trade

9 important questions on Economy - Trade

What  was the problem in terms of cost and trade? What goes some way in resolving this problem?

It was too costly to transport goods further than one day's journey. Sully's roads and canals.

How did trade shift during the period in different areas?

Trade shifted from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. Ports such as Rouen, Nantes, La Rochelle and Bordeaux prosper. Lyon and Marseilles suffer.

Who do French merchants lag behind? What is this not helped by?

The Dutch and the English - Huguenot weavers emigrate to the low countries, trade dislocated by war, sieges of Rouen (1590-92) and Paris took a heavy toll, Lyon ruined as a financial centre

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What was Paris famous for?

Printing

What does Max Weber argue?

That Calvinists work harder and bought into the "capitalist spirit" more than Catholics = limited argument

What is the "treason of bourgeoisie"?

Some historians thought this significant in the decline in French trade. It suggests the attitudes of the middle classes prevented economic growth and so betray the French economy - a merchant will by an office because they are too interested in advancing their social status unlike the Dutch whose trade prospered. = limited argument

Why was long distant trade negligible? 

PAROCHIALISM - internal barriers and trade + lack of trust in middle men

What evidence is there to show that successive KIngs granted protective measures and privileges to various industries?

Lyon = the government aided its recovery after the financial markets had been destroyed.

Where benefits from the move from Mediterranean to Atlantic trade?

La Rouchelle and Nantes - this was outwith French control 

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