Medieval Economic Thought

ISBN-13: 9780521458931 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 274 str.

Diana Wood

Opis

This book offers an introduction to medieval economic thought, as it emerges from the works of the twelfth to the fifteenth century academic theologians, lawyers and other sources. Using Italian merchants' writings, vernacular poetry, parliamentary legislation, and manorial court rolls, it discusses property, charity, the role of money, weights, measures, coinage, trade, fair price and fair wage. It makes a relatively neglected subject accessible by exploring the relationship between theory and practice.

Recenzje

'… well written, very rich of information and really enjoyable for the many references to historical facts about economic policy, mercantile life, customs, etc. It is a good reading for those willing to go deeper in the medieval economic culture, either as an amateur or as a researcher.' History of Economic Ideas

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction: problems, evidence, and background; 1. Private property versus communal rights: the conflict of two laws; 2. Wealth, beggary and sufficiency; 3. What is money?; 4. Sovereign concerns: weights, measures and coinage; 5. The mercantile system; 6. The just price and the just wage; 7. The nature of usury: the usurer as winner; 8. The theory of interest: the usurer as loser; Conclusion; Appendix: notes on the main writers and anonymous works used in the text; Glossary; Bibliography.