Credit and Trade in Later Medieval England, 1353-1532

by Richard Goddard

This book challenges the notion that economic crises are modern phenomena through its exploration of the tumultuous 'credit-crunch' of the later Middle Ages. It illustrates clearly how influences such as the Black Death, inter-European warfare, climate change and a bullion famine occasioned severe and prolonged economic decline across fifteenth century England. Early chapters discuss trends in lending and borrowing, and the use of credit to fund...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137489855
• ISBN13: 9781137489852
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.3"