Medieval economic thought / Diana Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Diana, 1940- author.

Series:

Cambridge medieval textbooks.

Cambridge medieval textbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--History--To 1800.

Economics.

Aristotle.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION: PROBLEMS, EVIDENCE, AND BACKGROUND; 1 PRIVATE PROPERTY VERSUS COMMUNAL RIGHTS: THE CONFLICT OF TWO LAWS; 2 WEALTH, BEGGARY, AND SUFFICIENCY; 3 WHAT IS MONEY?; 4 SOVEREIGN CONCERNS: WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND COINAGE; 5 THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM; 6 THE JUST PRICE AND THE JUST WAGE; 7 THE NATURE OF USURY: THE USURER AS WINNER; 8 THE THEORY OF INTEREST: THE USURER AS LOSER; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX NOTES ON THE MAIN WRITERS AND ANONYMOUS WORKS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-242) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-12658-4

1-280-15180-3

0-511-81104-7

0-511-11610-1

0-511-03944-1

0-511-14834-8

0-511-33029-4

0-511-05281-2

OCLC:

475915999