The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto /
The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto examines the large community of sake brewer-moneylenders in Japan's capital city, focusing on their rise to prominence from the mid-1300s to 1550. Their guild tie to overlords, notably the great monastery Enryakuji, was forged early in the medieval period...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
[2001]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One. The Setting
- Part Two. The Lives of the Moneylenders
- Chapter One. The Business of Lending Money
- Chapter Two. Overlords
- Chapter Three. Transcending Subordination
- Chapter Four. Responding to Siege
- Chapter Five. Urban Affairs
- Chapter Six. The Fate of the Moneylenders in the Early Modern Period
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index