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oapen-20.500.12657-748222023-08-03T17:59:40Z Chapter Tally sticks as media of knowledge in the contexts of medieval economic and administrative histor Skambraks, Tanja tally sticks book-keeping material culture numerical knowledge bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology Tally sticks worked as ubiquitous stores of numerical knowledge and tools of accounting and administration in medieval Europe. Previous research emphasized both the potential and value of the wooden notched sticks not only for the social and economic history of the Middle Ages, but also for the history of writing, intellectual history. This article combines the analysis of archival objects and written sources from England and Germany analysing their various contexts of use. These involve the centralised, highly professional and ritualised tax accounting at the English Exchequer, husbandry and agriculture, consumer taxation as well as public credit and circulating money-substitutes. Furthermore tallies were often used as evidence in court and functioned alongside written administration. 2023-08-03T15:02:42Z 2023-08-03T15:02:42Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20230803_9791221500929_18 9791221500929 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/74822 eng Datini Studies in Economic History application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9791221500929-09.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/979-12-215-0092-9_9 Firenze University Press L’economia della conoscenza: innovazione, produttività e crescita economica nei secoli XIII-XVIII / The knowledge economy: innovation, productivity and economic growth, 13th to 18th century 10.36253/979-12-215-0092-9.09 10.36253/979-12-215-0092-9.09 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9f9bbbdd-c500-4575-9865-db2693689bc1 9791221500929 3 22 Florence open access
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Tally sticks worked as ubiquitous stores of numerical knowledge and tools of accounting and administration in medieval Europe. Previous research emphasized both the potential and value of the wooden notched sticks not only for the social and economic history of the Middle Ages, but also for the history of writing, intellectual history. This article combines the analysis of archival objects and written sources from England and Germany analysing their various contexts of use. These involve the centralised, highly professional and ritualised tax accounting at the English Exchequer, husbandry and agriculture, consumer taxation as well as public credit and circulating money-substitutes. Furthermore tallies were often used as evidence in court and functioned alongside written administration.
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