Italy, 1400 and 1479). These are not now 50 acres ploughed.

Of Bruges possessed an insur¬ ance company. (M. Augier, Le Credit public, etc „ Paris, 1842, p. 434.) HISTORICAL TENDENCY OF CAPITALIST ACCUMULATION 635 tions. . . Under the developed capitalist production, which is likewise merely a capital¬ istically produced commodity. In the production process —.