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Medieval economic thought /
This book is an introduction to medieval economic thought, mainly from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, as it emerges from the works of academic theologians and lawyers and other sources - from Italian merchants' writings to vernacular poetry, Parliamentary legislation, and manorial cour...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | Cambridge medieval textbooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book is an introduction to medieval economic thought, mainly from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, as it emerges from the works of academic theologians and lawyers and other sources - from Italian merchants' writings to vernacular poetry, Parliamentary legislation, and manorial court rolls. It raises a number of questions based on the Aristotelian idea of the mean, the balance and harmony underlying justice, as applied by medieval thinkers to the changing economy. How could private ownership of property be reconciled with God's gift of the earth to all in common? How could charity balance resources between rich and poor? What was money? What were the just price and the just wage? How was a balance to be achieved between lender and borrower and how did the idea of usury change to reflect this? The answers emerge from a wide variety of ecclesiastical and secular sources. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511116101 9780511116100 9780521458931 0521458935 9780521452601 0521452600 9780511811043 0511811047 9780511052811 0511052812 0511148348 9780511148347 1107126584 9781107126589 1280151803 9781280151804 0511039441 9780511039447 0511330294 9780511330292 |