Bullion Flows and Monetary Policies in England and the Low Countries, 1350-1500 (Variorum Collected Studies Series, Cs355)

Author: John H. Munro List Price: $154.95 You save: USD 48.98 (31%) Buy new: $105.97 Buy used: $83.41 Avg.Rating: ( reviews) Sales rank: 6252978 Qty: 12 in stock Media: Edition: Reading Level: Pages: 336 Number Of Items: Shipping Weight (lbs): 130 Dimensions (in): 610 x 870 x 100 ISBN: 086078312X EAN: 9780860783121 ASIN: 086078312X Publication Date: 1992-02 Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks

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Did "money matter" in the economic history of medieval Europe? In these essays John Munro has pursued the controversies surrounding the monetary (not "monetarist") history of the period, specifically in relation to England and Flanders, and the other Burgundian Low Countries, during the late Middle Ages. He argues that, without doubt, monetary factors and policies were crucial, and attempts to integrate them with other factors, themselves often of equal significance, such as demographic change or institutional controls. The focus is upon the international flow of precious metals through the region and various related economic themes: the so-called late-medieval "bullion famine"; the relation between monetary and price changes; the role of coinage in financing warfare: "bullionist" mint policies as both fiscal and monetary remedies for perceived economic, political, and military problems; and the consequences of warfare, war-financing, monetary policies, and related monetary problems for the two countries' commerce, finance and industries, especially those involving woollen textiles.