| 书目名称 | Land and Credit |
| 副标题 | Mortgages in the Med |
| 编辑 | Chris Briggs,Jaco Zuijderduijn |
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| 概述 | Provides a comparative overview of mortgages in pre-modern Europe (c.1200-c.1800).Focuses on the similarities and differences in mortgage systems during this period.Features new original research pres |
| 丛书名称 | Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance |
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| 描述 | .This volume investigates the use of mortgages in the European countryside between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. A mortgage allowed a loan to be secured with land or other property, and the practice has been linked to the transformation of the agrarian economy that paved the way for modern economic growth..Historians have viewed the mortgage both positively and negatively: on the one hand, it provided borrowers with opportunities for investment in agriculture; but equally, it exposed them to the risk of losing their mortgaged property. The case studies presented in this volume reveal the variety of forms that the mortgage took, and show how an intricate balance was struck between the interests of the borrower looking for funds, and those of the lender looking for security. It is argued that the character of mortgage law, and the nature of rights in land in operation in any given the place and period, determined the degree to which mortgages were employed.Over time, developments in these factors allowed increasing numbers of peasants to use mortgages more freely, and with a decreasing risk of expropriation. This volume will be appealing to academics and researchers intere |
| 出版日期 | Book 2018 |
| 关键词 | Financial history; Rural Credit Markets; Rural history; Capitalism; Debt; investments and securities |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66209-1 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-09763-9 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-66209-1Series ISSN 2662-5164 Series E-ISSN 2662-5172 |
| issn_series | 2662-5164 |
| copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 |
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