Legal Plunder
Households and Debt Collection in Late Medieval Europe
Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History, Nonfiction, History, Medieval, European General
| Author: | Daniel Lord Smail | ISBN: | 9780674970120 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | June 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Daniel Lord Smail |
| ISBN: | 9780674970120 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | June 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
As a Europe grew rich in the Middle Ages, the well-made clothes, linens, and wares of households often substituted for hard currency. Pawnbrokers kept goods in circulation, and sergeants of the law marched into debtors’ homes to seize belongings equal in value to debts owed. David Smail describes a material world on the cusp of modern capitalism.
As a Europe grew rich in the Middle Ages, the well-made clothes, linens, and wares of households often substituted for hard currency. Pawnbrokers kept goods in circulation, and sergeants of the law marched into debtors’ homes to seize belongings equal in value to debts owed. David Smail describes a material world on the cusp of modern capitalism.
