Economic Ethics in Late Medieval England, 1300-1500

by Jennifer Hole

Book Overview

Drawing on an array of archival evidence from court records to the poems of Chaucer, this work explores how medieval thinkers understood economic activity, how their ideas were transmitted and the extent to which they were accepted. Moving beyond the impersonal operations of an economy to its ethical dimension, Hole's socio-cultural study considers not only the ideas and beliefs of theologians and philosophers, but how these influenced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319817655
• ISBN13: 9783319817651
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"