Compassionate Capitalism: Business and Community in Medieval England

by Catherine Casson, John Lee, Mark Casson, et al.

It may seem like a recent trend, but businesses have been practising compassionate capitalism for nearly a thousand years.

Based on the newly discovered historical documents on Cambridge's sophisticated urban property market during the Commercial Revolution in the thirteenth century, this book explores how successful entrepreneurs employed the wealth they had accumulated to the benefit of the community.

Cutting across disciplines,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529209250
• ISBN13: 9781529209259
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"