Umfang:
1 online resource (275 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780521452601
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9780511148347
Serie:
Cambridge Medieval Textbooks Series
Inhalt:
This book studies medieval economic thought, from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, as it emerges from the works of academic theologians and lawyers and a variety of secular sources. Its aim is to make accessible a relatively neglected subject, and to explore the relationship between theory and practice
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: PROBLEMS, EVIDENCE, AND BACKGROUND -- THE CHURCH, SOCIETY, AND ECONOMY -- THE ECONOMIC CHANGES -- THE EVIDENCE -- THE INFLUENCE OF ARISTOTLE -- LOGIC AND MATHEMATICS -- MATHEMATICS AND THE MEAN -- THE PLAN OF THE BOOK -- 1 PRIVATE PROPERTY VERSUS COMMUNAL RIGHTS: THE CONFLICT OF TWO LAWS -- INTRODUCTION: DEFINITIONS AND PROBLEMS -- ST AUGUSTINE'S SOLUTION: GOD AS AUTHOR OF HUMAN LAW -- TOWARDS A SOLUTION: CHANGING NATURAL LAW -- PRIVATE RIGHTS AND THE COMMON GOOD -- PROPERTY AS NATURAL TO MAN -- THE MONASTIC SOLUTION: IMITATING JERUSALEM -- THE MENDICANT SOLUTION: TOTAL POVERTY -- THE STEWARDSHIP SOLUTION: THE POPE AS STEWARD -- JOHN WYCLIF'S SOLUTION: THE KING AS STEWARD -- A SECULAR SOLUTION -- TAXATION -- CONCLUSION -- 2 WEALTH, BEGGARY, AND SUFFICIENCY -- INTRODUCTION: RECIPROCITY AND THE MEAN -- ATTITUDES TO POVERTY -- ATTITUDES TO WEALTH -- AVARICE AND CHARITY: JUSTICE AND MERCY -- THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR -- DISCRIMINATION IN GIVING -- CREDIT IN HEAVEN -- CONCLUSION -- 3 WHAT IS MONEY? -- INTRODUCTION -- THE TWO ROLES: ARISTOTLE AND THE ORIGINS OF MONEY -- THE NATURE AND USE OF MONEY -- GHOST MONEY: A MEASURE OF VALUE -- REAL MONEY: A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE -- A STORE OF VALUE -- THE STERILITY DOCTRINE -- CONCLUSION: THE PROPERTIES OF MONEY -- 4 SOVEREIGN CONCERNS: WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND COINAGE -- INTRODUCTION: THE CONNECTION -- ORIGINS OF 'THE STANDARD' -- VARYING METROLOGICAL STANDARDS -- POLICING THE STANDARDS -- OFFENCES AGAINST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES -- SOVEREIGNTY LIMITED: CONTROL OF THE COINAGE -- DEBASEMENT IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND -- CONCLUSION -- 5 THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM -- TRADE AND MERCHANTS: CONDEMNATION -- CHANGING ATTITUDES: THE TRADESMAN'S ENTRANCE TO HEAVEN -- THE EXALTATION OF THE MERCHANT
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THE 'CIRCULAR FLOW OF WEALTH' -- 'MERCANTILISM' AND THE BALANCE OF TRADE -- BULLIONISM -- CONCLUSION -- 6 THE JUST PRICE AND THE JUST WAGE -- INTRODUCTION -- JUSTICE AND THE ARISTOTELIAN TRADITION -- The current market price -- DEMAND AND SUPPLY -- MONOPOLY -- The fixed or legal price -- THE FIXED WAGE -- THE GILDS AND THE JUST WAGE -- Free bargaining -- FREE BARGAINING OVER THE JUST WAGE -- SOCIAL STATUS -- COLLECTIVE FREE BARGAINING -- CONCLUSION -- 7 THE NATURE OF USURY: THE USURER AS WINNER -- INTRODUCTION: DEFINITIONS AND FOUNDATIONS -- USURY AS MORTAL SIN -- RESTITUTION -- CLERICAL USURY -- TIME, LABOUR, AND INDUSTRY -- LABOUR AND INDUSTRY -- CONCLUSION -- 8 THE THEORY OF INTEREST: THE USURER AS LOSER -- INTRODUCTION: USURY AND INTEREST -- PRACTICAL ATTITUDES -- ROMAN LAW, INTEREST, AND CONTRACT -- DELAY IN REPAYMENT -- DAMAGE, LOSS, AND PROFIT WITHHELD -- INTEREST FROM THE START OF A LOAN -- RISK -- PARTNERSHIP -- LIFE RENT OR CENSUS -- BANKING AND DEPOSIT -- EXCHANGE-DEALING -- THE MONTES -- CONCLUSION: THE FINAL SOLUTION? -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX NOTES ON THE MAIN WRITERS AND ANONYMOUS WORKS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT -- GLOSSARY OF TERMS -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- SECONDARY WORKS -- INDEX
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Wood, Diana Medieval Economic Thought Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2002 ISBN 9780521452601
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
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