Medieval Capital Markets
Markets for renten, State Formation and Private Investment in Holland (1300-1550)
Biographical note
C.J. Zuijderduijn Ph.D. (2007) in History, Utrecht University, is a postdoc researcher at the department of Economic and Social History at Utrecht University. He publishes on the history of capital markets, and the mobility of capital in families and households.
Readership
All those interested in economic history, financial history and the history of state formation in the Late Middle Ages.
Table of contents
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Medieval capital markets?
Medieval holland: political economy
Historiography
Research questions
Chapter 1. Central government
Establishing sovereignty
Administration of justice
Economic policy
Conclusion
Chapter 2. State formation, institutional change and markets for public debt
The limits of comital credit: floating debt
Tapping into rich resources: foreign capital markets and the creation of funded debt
The century of public debt
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Public interest? The institutional framework of markets for public debt
Positive institutions. The organization of funded debt
Positive institutions. The development of personal execution
Negative institutions. Coping with default
Conclusion
Chapter 4. The emergence of markets for public debt
The financial nexus: Dordrecht
The rise of markets for public debt
Geographical diffusion of public debt
Conclusion
Chapter 5. The institutional framework of markets for private debt
Local courts as pivotal points in economic exchange
Public bodies as agents of institutional change
Institutional framework
Conclusion
Chapter 6. The emergence of markets for private debt
Qualitative aspects
Quantitative aspects: renten in Edam and de zeevang
Interest rates
Conclusion
Chapter 7. Medieval capital markets in Northwest Europe
Government funding in Northwest Europe
Markets for public debt in Northwest Europe
Markets for private debt in Northwest Europe
The Italian city states and England
Conclusion
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Medieval capital markets?
Medieval holland: political economy
Historiography
Research questions
Chapter 1. Central government
Establishing sovereignty
Administration of justice
Economic policy
Conclusion
Chapter 2. State formation, institutional change and markets for public debt
The limits of comital credit: floating debt
Tapping into rich resources: foreign capital markets and the creation of funded debt
The century of public debt
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Public interest? The institutional framework of markets for public debt
Positive institutions. The organization of funded debt
Positive institutions. The development of personal execution
Negative institutions. Coping with default
Conclusion
Chapter 4. The emergence of markets for public debt
The financial nexus: Dordrecht
The rise of markets for public debt
Geographical diffusion of public debt
Conclusion
Chapter 5. The institutional framework of markets for private debt
Local courts as pivotal points in economic exchange
Public bodies as agents of institutional change
Institutional framework
Conclusion
Chapter 6. The emergence of markets for private debt
Qualitative aspects
Quantitative aspects: renten in Edam and de zeevang
Interest rates
Conclusion
Chapter 7. Medieval capital markets in Northwest Europe
Government funding in Northwest Europe
Markets for public debt in Northwest Europe
Markets for private debt in Northwest Europe
The Italian city states and England
Conclusion
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index
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