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Making money in sixteenth-century France : currency, culture, and the state /

Coinage and currency--abstract and socially created units of value and power--were basic to early modern society. By controlling money, the people sought to understand and control their complex, expanding, and interdependent world. In Making Money in Sixteenth-Century France, Jotham Parsons investig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parsons, Jotham (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Cour des Monnaies
  • The logic of economic regulation
  • The inflationary crisis and the reforms of 1577
  • Money and sovereignty
  • Crimes against the currency
  • The monetary imaginary of Renaissance France
  • Conclusion: the Court and the Queen.