Economic Ethics in Late Medieval England, 1300–1500

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hole, Jennifer (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Σειρά: Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics
• Θέματα: Public administration.; Economic history.; Economics.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.; Economic History.; Public Administration.

Drawing on an array of archival evidence from court records to the poems of Chaucer, this work explores how medieval thinkers understood economic activity, how their ideas were transmitted and the extent to which they were accepted. Moving beyond the impersonal operations of an economy to its ethica...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Economic Ethics
• Chapter 2. The Translation of Economic Ethics into the Daily Practices of the Laity
• Chapter 3. Wealth and Lordship in Late Medieval Literature
• Chapter 4. The Application of Theory: The Language of Economic Ethics in Statutes and Petitions
• Chapter 5. Lords of the Manor: Rapacious or Reasonable?
• Chapter 6. Merchants and Landowners’ Responses to Economic Ethics
• Conclusion. .