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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Parsons, Jotham (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
1500-1599
Money > France > History > 16th century.
Monnaie > France > Histoire > 16e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Money
France
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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