The Erber: Tracing Global Trade Through a London Building

Milne, S. 2021. The Erber: Tracing Global Trade Through a London Building. Urban History. 48 (3), pp. 435-460. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926820000516

TitleThe Erber: Tracing Global Trade Through a London Building
TypeJournal article
AuthorsMilne, S.
Abstract

Through a case-study of one significant courtyard house owned by the Drapers’ Company and known as ‘The Erber’, this article argues that mercantile livery companies supported London's growing centrality within an expanding network of trade through the use and development of corporate properties. The micro-history at the heart of this article reveals that the ‘everyday’ built environment of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century London was shaped not just by the city elite. Also relevant to that process were the different sorts of tenants of the Drapers’ Company, who benefited from the expansion at all levels of London's mercantile activity. The trickle-down effects of global mercantilism affected spaces small and large. The investigation of the Erber highlights the domestic implications of global commercial expansion.

JournalUrban History
Journal citation48 (3), pp. 435-460
ISSN0963-9268
Year2021
PublisherCambridge University Press
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926820000516
Publication dates
Published online12 Jun 2020
Published in print2021

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