Money and finance in Central Europe during the later middle ages
By: edited by Roman Zaoral
Series: Palgrave studies in the history of finance
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137460226
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History; Finance; Money; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance; Economic history; History
Description: "The wealth of the Central European archives, particularly in urban records, has perhaps not been fully realised by western European historians. However, these records are not always straightforward to use and these studies also tackle the methodological problems inherent in gathering and analysing medieval sources.  This book presents an original review of past and present research of national historiographies on medieval financial history from Central Europe. Covering material ranging from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, it explores the eastern regions of the Holy Roman Empire, including Bohemia, Silesia, Austria and Germany, and extends to Poland and Hungary. The authors firstly discuss the monetary policy of the Holy Roman emperors during the Middle Ages, before moving on to the wider aspects of state finance, including credit mechanisms used by rulers. The book then investigates civic records and what they reveal about urban life and trade. The book lastly investigates the financial activities of the church, from papacy to the cathedral chapters in Prague.  Using numismatic and documentary evidence, this book provides an invaluable point of comparison with the financial conditions in Western Europe during the Middle Ages"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: List of Tables and Figures; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes on Contributors; title: Editor&#180;s Foreword; title: Introduction: Medieval Finances in the Central European Historiography: Roman Zaoral; title: PART I: MONEY AND MINTING; title: 1. New Perspectives on the 14th-Century Imperial Coinage: Hendrik Ma;keler; title: 2. The Reception of Imperial Monetary Reforms in 16th-Century Northern Germany: Michael North; title: 3. The Kremnica Town Book of Accounts: The Economy of a Mining and Mint Town in the Kingdom of Hungary: Martin nik; title: PART II: MEDIEVAL COURT FUNDING; title: 4. Financiers to the Blind King: Funding the Court of John the Blind (1310-1346): Zdenek &#381;alud; title: 5. The Financial Dimension of the Pledge Policy of King Sigismund of Luxembourg in Bohemia (1419-1437): Stanislav B&#225;rta; title: 6. The Pledge Policy of King Sigismund of Luxembourg in Hungary (1387-1437): Janos Incze; title: 7. The Economic Background to and the Financial Politics of Queen Barbara of Cilli in Hungary (1406-1438): Daniela Dvorkov;; title: 8. The Economy of Journey: The Court Accounts of Prince Sigismund Jagiellon and Their Historical Context: Petr Kozk; title: PART III: TRADE AND TOWNS; title: 9. Accounting Records of the Town Offices in Bohemia and Moravia: Methodology and Application: Pavla Slavickov; - Zdenek Puchinger; title: 10. Remnants and Traces: In Search of Wroclaw Accounting Books (The Late 14th - Early 16th Century): Grzegorz Mysliwski; title: 11. Financial Obligations of the City of Gdansk to King Casimir IV Jagiellon and His Successors in the Light of the 1468-1516 Ledger Book: Beata Mozejko; title: 12. Old Interpretations and New Approaches: The 1457-1458 Thirtieth Customs Registers of Pressburg (Bratislava): Balazs Nagy; title: PART IV: CHURCH AND MONEY; title: 13. Financing a Legation: Papal Legates and Money in the Later Middle Ages: Antoni;n Kalous; title: 14. St Vitus Building Accounts (1372-1378): The Economic Aspects of Building the Cathedral: Marek Such&#253;; title: 15. 'De mandato dominorum divisorum...': Finances in the Life of Prague's Metropolitan Chapter: Martina Mari;kov&#225;; title: Index.