Making Money in Sixteenth-Century France: Currency, Culture, and the State

by Jotham Parsons

Coinage and currency--abstract and socially created units of value and power--were basic to early modern society. By controlling money, the people sought to understand and control their complex, expanding, and interdependent world. In Making Money in Sixteenth-Century France, Jotham Parsons investigates the creation and circulation of currency in France. The royal Cour des Monnaies centralized monetary administration, expanding its role...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801451590
• ISBN13: 9780801451591
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher