Money and the Middle Ages

by Jacques Le Goff

Book Overview

Jacques Le Goff sets out in this book to explain the role of money, or rather of the various types of money, in the economy, life and mentalities of the Middle Ages. He seeks also to explain how, in a society dominated by religion, the Church viewed money, and how it taught Christians what attitudes they should adopt towards it and towards the uses to which it could be put. He shows that, although money played an important role in the rise of towns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745652999
• ISBN13: 9780745652993
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"