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Sacred trust : the medieval church as an economic firm / Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ekelund, Robert B. (Robert Burton), 1940- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Europe--History.
- Economics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Economics.
- Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Church history.
- Europe--Church history--600-1500.
- Europe.
- Local Subjects:
- Catholic Church--Europe--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Church dominated society in the Middle Ages and functioned as a quasi-government, providing public and private goods. This book examines specific institutions in the Church in the Middle Ages in economic terms. The focus is on marriage, usury, heresy, the crusades, and the monasteries.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. What Does an Economic Model of the Medieval Church Offer?; Part I: The Industrial Organization of the Medieval Church; Part II: Rent Seeking Through Demand and Supply Manipulations; Part III: Summary and Conclusions; References; Author Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p187-196. _ Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1996.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771054-9
- 1-280-52869-9
- 0-19-535603-9
- 1-4294-0670-4
- OCLC:
- 476011827
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