Money and the Middle Ages

14.09.2012

Englisch

9780745652993

John Wiley & Sons

Nein

Jacques Le Goff

200

Taschenbuch

Jacques Le Goff is Professor of History, and formerly head of École des hautes études en sciences sociales. He was a leading figure in the Annales School and his book Medieval Civilization is a classic.

Finance & Investments, Finanz- u. Anlagewesen, Geld, Geld u. Bankwesen, Geschichte, History, Mittelalter, Money & Banking

KFF - Finanzen

* Acknowledgements * Introduction * 1. The heritage of the Roman Empire and Christianization * 2. From Charlemagne to feudalism * 3. The rise of coin and money at the turn of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries * 4. The wonderful thirteenth century of money * 5. Trade, money and coin in the commercial revolution of the thirteenth century * 6. Money and the nascent states * 7. Lending, debt and usury * 8. A new wealth and a new poverty * 9. From the thirteenth to the fourteenth century: money in crisis * 10. The perfecting of the financial system at the end of the Middle Ages * 11. Towns, states and money at the end of the Middle Ages * 12. Prices, wages and coin in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries * Appendix: Was there a land market in the Middle Ages? * 13. The mendicant orders and money * 14. Humanism, patronage and money * 15. Capitalism or caritas? * Conclusion * Bibliography * Index

227 mm

15.2 cm