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Author Adamczyk, Dariusz

Title Monetisation and Commercialisation in the Baltic Sea, 1050-1450
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (188 p.)
Series Studies in Medieval History and Culture Ser
Studies in Medieval History and Culture Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Secondary literature -- Chapter 1: Money, gift or instrument of power? Hybrid (political) economies in the post-Viking age around the Baltic Sea -- Silver as money (but where?) -- Precious metals as gifts -- Silver as instrument of power and fiscalism -- Summary: A plea for non-linear research and methods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Secondary literature
Chapter 2: Coin circulation in Poland under the rule of Bolesław III Wrymouth (1102-1138) -- Dispersion and coin finds categories -- Structure of finds and coin circulation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Secondary literature -- Chapter 3: Two stages of monetisation: Periodic recoinages and coin debasement in the Czech lands -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Secondary literature -- Chapter 4: The trade between Slesvig/Lübeck and Novgorod c. 1050 until c. 1450 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Secondary literature
Chapter 5: Limited use of money in late-medieval commerce: Economic considerations on the viability of Hanseatic "reciprocal trade" -- Late-medieval Baltic Sea trade and the Hansards' limited use of money -- Avoidance of money use -- Hanseatic "reciprocal trade" -- Why was "reciprocal trade" a viable institution? -- Path dependence and "lock-in" -- long-term effects of not using money -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Secondary literature -- Chapter 6: Monetisation and economic inequality among peasants in medieval Poland -- Introduction
The first stage of monetisation (tenth-twelfth centuries) -- The second stage of monetisation -- the model of German colonisation and its consequences (thirteenth-fifteenth centuries) -- Economic inequality among peasants in the late Middle Ages -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Unprinted sources -- Printed sources -- Secondary literature -- Chapter 7: Toruń's burghers and silver/gold in the first half of the fifteenth century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Unprinted sources -- Printed sources -- Secondary literature
Chapter 8: The use of gold and silver in the praxis of a merchant in late medieval Gdańsk -- The merchant and his network -- The merchant book and the bookkeeping -- The currencies -- "Paying with the closed wallet" -- advanced means of payments -- Barter -- Summary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Secondary literature -- Chapter 9: City and money during a war: Gdańsk debt during the Thirteen Years' War -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Unprinted sources -- Printed Sources -- Secondary literature -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
Author Możejko, Beata
ISBN 9781000382488
1000382486