Jean Favier ; translated from the French by Caroline Higgitt.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Holmes & Meier,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1998.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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390 pages :
Other Physical Details
maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-375) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Horizons -- 2. Opening the Way -- 3. Learning about the World -- 4. Privileges -- 5. Competition -- 6. Foreigners -- 7. Currency -- 8. Payment -- 9. Capital -- 10. Business -- 11. Credit in the Marketplace -- 12. Toward Modern Banking -- 13. The Risks of Business -- 14. Accounting -- 15. The Power of Business -- 16. The Businessman and the Prince -- 17. Social Aspirations -- 18. Fortune and Conscience -- 19. The Merchant and the Arts.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Eminent medievalist Jean Favier introduces and analyzes the political, social, moral, and economic milieux of the late Middle Ages that engendered Europe's transformation from feudalism to capitalism. ... Favier reveals that the ultimate consequence of this risk-taking was not merely the accumulation of wealth by such families as the Medici and the Fuggers, but the transposition of social and aesthetic values upon the populace, leading to the rise of the middle class."--Jacket.