Throughout the thirteenth century Western European monarchs were
hampered by the failure of their traditional revenues to meet their
new expenses. Edward I of England solved the primary problem of
acquiring adequate funds with the imposition of a duty on wool and
leather and by more frequent direct taxes. But collection was slow and
irregular; there still remained the problem of liquidity. To ensure a
steady flow of cash to meet his military, administrative, and
diplomatic needs Edward developed a special relationship with a
company of Italian merchant-bankers, the Societas Riccardorum de Luka.
Richard W. Kaeuper analyzes this relationship to provide valuable
information on the financial needs of the king's government and its
daily routine at a critical stage in its development. Equally
interesting is the examination of the operations of the Italian
banking houses that were becoming prominent in the economic life of
northwestern Europe and were to become famous in the fourteenth
century. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library
uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts
of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to
vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its
founding in 1905.
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9781400869688
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2016
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Princeton University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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