Silver Empire - How Germany Created Its First Common Currency

The story of the largest currency union in world history and its creation at the hands of the Holy Roman Empire. Providing a historical perspective on multilateralism, the book makes early monetary policies widely accessible and draws a vivid picture of economic and political life in a country that abounded with diversity.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Diversity Becomes a Problem


• 2: People and Politics


• 3: Making Politics in the Empire


• 4: The Age of Silver


• 5: The Rhine Gold


• 6: The New Money


• Epilogue

About the author

After receiving a PhD from Free University, Berlin, in 1995, Oliver Volckart worked as a research officer at the Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems in Jena and as a lecturer at Humboldt University, Berlin. He joined the Economic History Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2007. Volckart has specialised on premodern monetary history since the 1980s and on institutional economics and the history of political economy since the 1990s.

Summary

The story of the largest currency union in world history and its creation at the hands of the Holy Roman Empire. Providing a historical perspective on multilateralism, the book makes early monetary policies widely accessible and draws a vivid picture of economic and political life in a country that abounded with diversity.

Additional text

The Silver Empire should be enjoyed for its historiographical grit and methodological elegance.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Volckart, Oliver (Professor of Economic History Volckart, Oliver Johannes Volckart
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2024
• EAN: 9780198894483
• ISBN: 978-0-19-889448-3
• No. of pages: 378
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Economic history, Holy Roman Empire, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700