Money and Finance in Central Europe during the Later Middle Ages (eBook)

Roman Zaoral is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Czech Republic, where he also obtained an MA in History and PhD in Medieval History. His research interests centre on the economic, financial and numismatic history of central Europe during the Middle Ages.

Cover 1
Half-Title 2
Title 4
Copyright 5
Dedication 6
Contents 8
List of Figures 10
List of Tables 11
Preface 12
Acknowledgements 16
Notes on Contributors 17
Introduction: Medieval Finance in Central European Historiography 20
Part I Money and Minting 42
1 A New Perspective on the Imperial Coinage 43
2 The Reception of Imperial Monetary Reforms in 16th-century Northern Germany 50
3 The Kremnica Town Book of Accounts: The Economy of a Mining and Mint Town in the Kingdom of Hungary 60
Part II Medieval Court Funding 75
4 Financiers to the Blind King: Funding the Court of John the Blind (1310–1346) 76
5 The Financial Dimension of the Pledge Policy of King Sigismund of Luxembourg in Bohemia (1419–1437) 93
6 The Pledge Policy of King Sigismund of Luxembourg in Hungary (1387–1437) 104
7 The Economic Background to and the Financial Politics of Queen Barbara of Cilli in Hungary (1406–1438) 127
8 The Courtly Accounts of Prince Sigismund Jagiello (Late 15th to Early 16th Centuries) and Their Historical Context 146
Part III Trade and Towns 169
9 Accounting Records of the Town Offices in Bohemia and Moravia: Methodology and Application 170
10 Remnants and Traces: In Search of Wroc?aw’s Accounting Books (Late 14th to Early 16th Centuries) 184
11 Financial Obligations of the City of Gda?sk to King Casimir IV Jagiellon and His Successors in the Light of the 1468–1516 Ledger Book 196
12 Old Interpretations and New Approaches: The 1457–1458 Thirtieth Customs Register of Bratislava 207
Part IV Church and Money 217
13 Financing a Legation: Papal Legates and Money in the Later Middle Ages 218
14 St Vitus Building Accounts (1372–1378): The Economic Aspects of Building the Cathedral 235
15 ‘De mandato dominorum divisorum ... ’ : Finances in the Life of Prague’s Metropolitan Chapter 260
Index 277