Norman J. G. Pounds (1912–2006)
Autore di An economic history of medieval Europe
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Serie
Opere di Norman J. G. Pounds
The Worcester area: Proceedings of the 151st Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute, 1995 (1995) 1 copia
Geografía histórica de Europa 1 copia
The Cardiff area: Proceedings of the 139th Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute 1993 (1993) 1 copia
Coal and steel in Western Europe 1 copia
Opere correlate
Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, New Series, Vol VI, Part 2 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Pounds, Norman John Greville
- Data di nascita
- 1912-02-23
- Data di morte
- 2006-03-24
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- England
UK - Luogo di nascita
- Bath, Somerset, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Istruzione
- Cambridge University (Fitzwilliam College ∙ BA ∙ History and Geography ∙ 1934)
Cambridge University (MA|1940)
London School of Economics (BA|1942)
London School of Economics (PhD|1942) - Attività lavorative
- historian
university professor - Organizzazioni
- Indiana University
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 38
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 327
- Popolarità
- #72,482
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 63
- Lingue
- 3
The most interesting part of the book was chapter 9 on the commercial revolution. The author discusses the new methods of credit and financing which might have been the most impactful innovations of medieval times. The role of medieval government in the economy was clearly quite insignificant. The brief section in this book which focuses on government discusses mainly taxation. I would have liked to read a bit more on how medieval trade functioned without governmental help. Long-distance merchants must have gradually built trustworthy relationships amongst each other, but this book does not explicitly discuss how such webs of interpersonal acquaintance actually worked. But even so this book is a broad and very useful introduction to medieval economic history which can be recommended.… (altro)