TRADE WITH EASTERN EUROPE, 800-1200
J. Brutzkus
T HE existence of trade with eastern Europe in the three centuries between earlier Scandinavian expeditions and rise Hanse have escaped notice most historians because their ignorance Jewish medieval literature. It is not even mentioned by G. Caro his excellent work Die Sozialund Wirtschaftsgeschichte der Juden i. Mittelalter. Heyd, greatest authority on at this period, writes: 'By what means did Germans procure products during Crusades later, until end Middle Ages? Here a problem which demands solution more difficult than first apparent.'2 He contents himself suggestion that one missing links economic history arises from our epoch. Among Russian V. Vasilevski pointed out part played Regensburg relations Kiev West, but sources he had disposal were very limited.3 In article attention will be drawn to certain great extent supply link European trade.
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