I've gotten myself roped into a pet history project here, fellas.
I'm reading up on the reunification of Poland during the reign of Wladyslaw I the Elbow-High (or Short) until the early 1330s. Particularly I'm interested in Krakow and Lesser Poland / Małopolskich.
That said, I'm trying to get a good feel for the broader region and am interested in trade routes and major trading cities and centers. All I'm aware of at the moment is from Krakow and Nowy Sacz down into Hungary... but where in Hungary? Were the Poles and Hungarians dealing much with the ascendent Bohemians at the time? With the Teutonic Order in charge up along the Baltic coast, is the grain trade even going at this time?
TL;DR If I was a Polish merchant from Krakow in 1300, where would I be taking my business?
Hi! Instead of all the typing, I uploaded a map of major trade routes in the 14th century Hungary: Here it is. Translation of the legend in the upper right corner:
Major trade and military routes
Other major route
Royal free city
Other important city
Place of thirtieth toll (tricesimus)
So as you can see on the map the main imported trade good was the baize (posztó). Hungary exported wine and copper (bor, réz) towards Poland. The center of copper mining was Besztercebánya (slovak: Banská Bystrica, german: Neusohl) and the source of wine was Karlóca (serbian: Sremski Karlovci, german: Karlowitz) and the Sopron area.
Since medieval economic history is not really my area of study, these facts are just some pointers so I encourage you to do some further research on these topics, places and goods.
