Title Sacred trust : the medieval church as an economic firm / Robert B. Ekelund, Jr...[and others]

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1996

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Description viii, 210 pages ; 24 cm Contents 1. What Does an Economic Model of the Medieval Church Offer? -- 2. The Medieval Church as a Multidivisional Firm -- 3. Monasteries as Agents of the Corporate Church -- 4. Attempts to Maintain Market Dominance -- 5. How the Church Preempted the Marriage Market -- 6. How the Church Gained from Usury and Exchange Doctrines -- 7. How the Church Profited from the Crusades -- 8. Product Innovation in a Doctrinal Firm -- 9. The Medieval Church and the Emergence of Capitalism Bibliography Includes bibliography (pages 187-196) and indexes Subject Catholic Church -- Europe -- History Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Economics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. SUBJECT Europe -- Church history -- 600-1500. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045634 Author Ekelund, Robert B. (Robert Burton), 1940- LC no. 96020830 ISBN 0195103378

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