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Originally published in 1985. Frederic C. Lane and Reinhold C. Mueller, in the first volume of Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissance Venice, discuss Venice's economic achievement in terms of the complex system the city's inhabitants developed to manage moneys of account and coins. Money merchants of Venice developed a system whereby a premium attached to moneys of account acted as a stabilizing force and allowed merchants to engage in long-term trade. This system, according to the authors, helped establish Venice as a dominant city-state in international trade and exchange. This book outlines the development and success of this system through 1508. At the time it was first published, this book made a significant contribution to the history of money and economics by underscoring the large role that Venice played in the economic history of the West and the ascendance of capitalism as a structuring force of society.

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Author:   Frederic Chapin Lane ,  Reinhold C. Mueller
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight:   0.998kg
ISBN:  

9781421436081

ISBN 10:   1421436086
Pages:   708
Publication Date:   19 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Part I: The Background Chapter 1: What Money Is and Was Chapter 2: Seigniorage and International Flows of Silver and Gold Chapter 3: Recoinage: Revaluations and Devaluations Chapter 4: Bimetallism and Multiple Monetary Standards Chapter 5: Metallic Values and Exchange Values Chapter 6: The Rise of Bankers Chapter 7: Venice's Place in Monetary History Part II: Venice's Moneys, Bullion Market, and Mint Chapter 8: The First Coins and Moneys of Account Chapter 9: The Bullion Trade and Market Chapter 10: The Mint's Products, Purchases, and Prices Chapter 11: Communal Revenue Chapter 12: Within the Mint Part III: The Genesis and Persistence of Bimetallism Chapter 13: Competing Moneys and Venice's First Bimetallic Standard Chapter 14: The Rise of Gold Chapter 15: The Restructuring of Venice's Monetary System Chapter 16: The Multiplication of Moneys of Account Chapter 17: The Fall of Gold Chapter 18: Devaluations of the Silver Money Chapter 19: Foreign Exchange During the Fall of Gold Chapter 20: The Mobility and Utility of Europe's Moneys of Account Chapter 21: Motivations in Venetian Monetary Policy Appendixes Bibliography Index

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Frederic C. Lane was a professor of history at Johns Hopkins University. He specialized in the medieval history of Venice. Reinhold C. Mueller is a professor of history at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia in Venice, Italy.

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