Abstract The prosperity of the French fine broad-cloth industry between the mid seventeenth century and the late eighteenth century is well known. Prior to the brief crisis of the 1630s, however, it was already a dynamic industrial sector during the sixteenth century. The eighteenth-century industry developed particularly in such medium-sized towns as Sedan, Elbeuf and Louviers ; during the sixteenth century the main centres were Rouen and Paris. The high cost of this fine cloth, and the complexity of the operations necessary for its production explain why this was primarily an urban industry and one which was often concentrated in large-scale manufactories, even if the spinning operations were still put out to domestic spinners in the surr...
The discovery in Tours of a set of almost 6000 pieces in the same pit, located just outside the city...
The discovery in Tours of a set of almost 6000 pieces in the same pit, located just outside the city...
The discovery in Tours of a set of almost 6000 pieces in the same pit, located just outside the city...
Abstract The prosperity of the French fine broad-cloth industry between the mid seventeenth century ...
International audienceThe Languedoc derived its wealth from woollen cloth, broadcloth exported to th...
Structures and Mutations of a Proto-Industrial Space: Rouen and its Region at the End ofthe 16th Cen...
Structures and Mutations of a Proto-Industrial Space: Rouen and its Region at the End ofthe 16th Cen...
Manufactures and Factories in a Fortified City : Sedan (XVIIth-XIXth Centuries). Its past of strong...
Abstract : France's leading sea trading port by the close of the 16th century, Rouen was at the same...
By the end of the Ancien Régime, Elbeuf industry presented a picture of contrasting features. Throug...
Abstract : France's leading sea trading port by the close of the 16th century, Rouen was at the same...
By the end of the Ancien Régime, Elbeuf industry presented a picture of contrasting features. Throug...
La découverte à Tours de plus de six mille fragments de textiles dans la même fosse, à l’extérieur d...
Gérard Gayot, "Dispersion and concentration of the Sedan cloth-industry in the XVIIIth century : the...
Gérard Gayot, "Dispersion and concentration of the Sedan cloth-industry in the XVIIIth century : the...
The discovery in Tours of a set of almost 6000 pieces in the same pit, located just outside the city...
The discovery in Tours of a set of almost 6000 pieces in the same pit, located just outside the city...
The discovery in Tours of a set of almost 6000 pieces in the same pit, located just outside the city...
Abstract The prosperity of the French fine broad-cloth industry between the mid seventeenth century ...
International audienceThe Languedoc derived its wealth from woollen cloth, broadcloth exported to th...
Structures and Mutations of a Proto-Industrial Space: Rouen and its Region at the End ofthe 16th Cen...
Structures and Mutations of a Proto-Industrial Space: Rouen and its Region at the End ofthe 16th Cen...
Manufactures and Factories in a Fortified City : Sedan (XVIIth-XIXth Centuries). Its past of strong...
Abstract : France's leading sea trading port by the close of the 16th century, Rouen was at the same...
By the end of the Ancien Régime, Elbeuf industry presented a picture of contrasting features. Throug...
Abstract : France's leading sea trading port by the close of the 16th century, Rouen was at the same...
By the end of the Ancien Régime, Elbeuf industry presented a picture of contrasting features. Throug...
La découverte à Tours de plus de six mille fragments de textiles dans la même fosse, à l’extérieur d...
Gérard Gayot, "Dispersion and concentration of the Sedan cloth-industry in the XVIIIth century : the...
Gérard Gayot, "Dispersion and concentration of the Sedan cloth-industry in the XVIIIth century : the...
The discovery in Tours of a set of almost 6000 pieces in the same pit, located just outside the city...
The discovery in Tours of a set of almost 6000 pieces in the same pit, located just outside the city...
The discovery in Tours of a set of almost 6000 pieces in the same pit, located just outside the city...