Credit and Village Society in Fourteenth-century England

Zusatztext an important study ... an optimistic view of the medieval English countryside, which provides an effective counterblast to those who regard the peasantry as expolited, impoverished, and unsophisticated. Klappentext Credit transactions were a common and important feature of peasant society in the middle ages. This study of rural credit in medieval England uses the evidence of inter-peasant debt litigation to investigate the lenders and borrowers, the uses to which credit was put, and the effects of credit on social relationships. Zusammenfassung Credit transactions were a common and important feature of peasant society in the middle ages. This study of rural credit in medieval England uses the evidence of inter-peasant debt litigation to investigate the lenders and borrowers, the uses to which credit was put, and the effects of credit on social relationships. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: rural credit 2: The forms of credit and their uses 3: The formation of credit relationships 4: Creditors and debtors 5: Credit and social relations 6: The credit supply Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Chris Briggs
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.2009
• EAN: 9780197264416
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726441-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs; British Academy Postdoctoral F; British Academy Monographs; British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs; British Academy Postdoctoral F
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; England, Europäische Geschichte, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Finanzen, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Economic history, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599