The City in Europe and the World The City in Europe and the World The City in Europe and the World () is a 2005 collection of essays examining the relationship between the City of London's financial markets, politics, government, and Europe, edited by Stephen Barber and with a foreword by Peter Mandelson. The book covers topics such as the political economy of the City, the Lisbon strategy, the Financial Services Action Plan (FSAP), the euro, relations between the City and party politics, PFI, foreign exchange, regulation, ethics, financial exclusion, European expansion, globalisation and the future of the City in Europe, the book addresses some of the
Slavery in medieval Europe an increasing number of black Africans. Between 1489 and 1497 almost 2,100 black slaves were shipped from Portugal to Valencia. By the end of the 15th century, Spain held the largest population of black Africans in Europe, with a small, but growing community of black ex-slaves. In the mid 16th century Spain imported up to 2,000 black African slaves annually through Portugal, and by 1565 most of Seville's 6,327 slaves (out of a total population of 85,538) were black Africans. Slavery () existed on the territory of present-day Romania from before the founding of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia