Series 10 - Manuscripts and publications

2.47 m of textual records

This series contains records relating to most of Prof. Munro’s writings, mostly in the form of publications: books, articles and book reviews. There are a few unpublished manuscripts, including chapters of a proposed book. The files contain a wide range of material, including correspondence, notes, graphs and tables, manuscripts and/or typescripts, page proofs, and reviews. The book review files contain may contain both handwritten and typed drafts, along with offprints, correspondence and notes.

Professor Munro wrote or co-wrote five books: Wool, Cloth and Gold: The Struggle for Bullion in Anglo-Burgundian Trade, 1340-1478 (1973), a revision of his doctoral thesis; Coinage in the Low Countries (14th – 18th Centuries) (1988); Textiles of the Low Countries in European Economic History (1990); Bullion Flows and Monetary Policies in England and the Low Countries, 1350-1500 (1992); Textiles, Towns and Trade: Essays in the Economic History of Late-Medieval England and the Low Countries (1994). Between 1995 and 2002 he served as area editor of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History (5 volumes, 2003). His last book, which he edited, was Money in the Pre-industrial World: Bullion, Debasement, and Coin Substitutes (2012). Drafts of most are present.

A list of the publications is contained in Appendix 5 of the finding aid. Its structure is based on Professor Munro’s curriculum vitae. Within the divisions he created, the files are arranged chronologically by date of publication (the numbering of the book reviews and articles is his). Only two book reviews before 2002 are missing. More articles are not present.

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For detailed file listing, see Appendix 4 in finding aid linked below.