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@article{ Ewert2018, title = {Modelling Maritime Trade Systems: Agent-Based Simulation and Medieval History}, author = {Ewert, Ulf Christian and Sunder, Marco}, journal = {Historical Social Research}, number = {1}, pages = {110-143}, volume = {43}, year = {2018}, issn = {0172-6404}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.43.2018.1.110-143}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-56433-7}, abstract = {Maritime trade grew enormously in Europe after c. 1100 AD, thereby contributing much to the European economic take-off commonly considered as the “Commercial Revolution of the Middle Ages.” In this article, determinants of both the formation of the Hanse’s network-based system of trade in Northern Europe and its later dissolution are analysed using a multi-agent model. Findings are connected to the discussion in institutional economics and economic history concerning the importance of institutional developments in long-distance trade for economic growth in medieval Europe, the efficiency of self-enforcing institutions, and the divergence of institutional arrangements in medieval maritime trade. Finally, both potentials and limitations of agent-based models for historical research are discussed.}, keywords = {simulation; economic development (on national level); network; Europe; middle ages; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Schifffahrt; Hanseatic league; Handel; Simulation; shipping; economic history; Hanse; Europa; Netzwerk; commerce; Mittelalter; Wirtschaftsgeschichte}}