Historians reveal how medieval arms dealers shaped European power and trade

A new scholarly collection examines how military suppliers, privateers, and weapons merchants drove commerce and geopolitics across the Baltic from 1530–1765. Understanding this history matters for modern policymakers: today's defense supply chains, sanctions regimes, and trade dependencies echo the same tensions between profit, sovereignty, and statecraft that defined the early modern period.

Originaltitel: Introduction: The Business of War in History and Historiography