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Money, banking and credit in mediaeval Bruges: Italian merchant-bankers Lombards and money changers, a study in the origins of banking
Raymond De Roover
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Frontmatter
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PREFACE (page vii)
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (page xiii)
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LIST OF TABLES (page xv)
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LIST OF APPENDICES (page xvii)
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Chapter I: INTRODUCTION (page 3)
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PART ONE: THE ITALIAN MERCHANT-BANKERS
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II. THE ITALIAN COLONIES IN FLANDERS: THEIR ESTABLISHMENT, THEIR LEGAL STATUS, AND THEIR SOCIAL LIFE (page 9)
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III. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ITALIAN MERCANTILE AND BANKING HOUSES WITH BRANCHES IN BRUGES (page 29)
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IV. THE BUSINESS OF EXCHANGE AND THE MECHANISM OF THE MONEY MARKET (page 48)
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V. THE VICISSITUDES OF THE MONEY MARKET AND THE PERILS OF INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC LOANS (page 76)
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PART TWO: THE LOMBARDS OR 'CAHORSINS'
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VI. THE LEGAL STATUS OF LICENSED USURY (page 99)
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VII. THE PAWNBROKING OF BUSINESS (page 113)
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VIII. THE SOCIAL PROBLEM OF CONSUMERS' CREDIT (page 149)
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IX. THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SECRET USURY AND THE SURVIVAL OF CASUAL CREDIT (page 160)
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PART THREE: THE MONEY-CHANGERS
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X. THE LEGAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND (page 171)
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XI. A GENERAL PICTURE OF THE MONEY-CHANGERS' BUSINESS (page 198)
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XII. THE FLEMISH CURRENCY SYSTEM, THE TRADE IN BULLION AND THE MONEY MARKET (page 220)
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XIII. BANK DEPOSITS AS MONEY (page 247)
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XIV. LOANS AND INVESTMENTS (page 293)
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XV. BANK FAILURES AND PUBLIC POLICY (page 331)
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XVI. CONCLUSIONS (page 345)
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APPENDICES (page 361)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 387)
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INDEX (page 407)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AAAPSS | 263 (May 1949): 230 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1027316 |
JPE | 57.4 (Aug. 1949): 357-358 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1826279 |
BBHS | 23.2 (Jun. 1949): 109-112 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3111047 |
ENHR | 65.254 (Jan. 1950): 111-114 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/556557 |
AER | 39.3 (Jun. 1949): 771-772 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1809339 |
JEH | 9.2 (Nov. 1949): 257-258 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2113683 |
HZ | 171.3 (1951): 592-595 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/27610336 |
CJEPS | 16.2 (May 1950): 242-247 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/137991 |
AHR | 56.3 (Apr. 1951): 539-542 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1848446 |