Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-232) and index.
The Mediterranean tradition -- The Near Eastern precursors -- The contribution of the Greek essayists and philosophers -- The economic thought of classical Islam and its revival -- The economic impact of the Cistercian order -- Medieval thought in the Latin West -- Iberian monetarism and development theories of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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This book considers the rich legacy of thinking on economic affairs in the Mediterranean basin, tracing it back over four thousand years before the rise of the Atlantic economies.