The moral economy : poverty, credit, and trust in early modern Europe /
Fontaine, Laurence,author.
First published 2008 in French as 'L'Économie morale: Pauvreté'
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Prologue -- Poverty, credit and social networks -- Peasants and debt logic -- The elite and debt logic -- Urban financial microcircuits -- Women's economic spheres and credit -- Between bank and assistance : setting up pawnshops -- The battle of prohibitions against usury -- Political economies and cultures of exchange -- Political economy and exchange practices -- Building trust -- Conclusion.
Poverty
Credit
Usury
Loans