Bruges
Cloth capital peak 1200 to 1400
Location and Figures
- Country: Belgium
- Type: Historical
- Region: Europe
Overview
The cloth capital of medieval northern Europe at its 1300s peak, with Hanseatic merchants running a kontor and the term bourse born at the inn of the Van der Buerse family. Silting of the Zwin channel strangled the harbor and shifted trade to Antwerp.
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