Financing in Europe: Evolution, Coexistence and Complementarity of Lending Practices from the Middle Ages to Modern Times

Book Overview

Provides a comparative analysis of the development of informal credit markets in countries embedded in different institutional, political and economic contexts
Based on new empirical studies
Highlights how the diversity of institutional and socio-economic frameworks affected the credit market
Covers a range of financial intermediaries including merchants, notaries, town secretaries, pious foundations, scriveners, and institutions

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030096319
• ISBN13: 9783030096311
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"