Medieval Statistics: Accounting, Record-Keeping and Financial Management, 1066-1525

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Mark Casson John S. Lee

Medieval Statistics

Accounting, Record-Keeping and Financial Management, 1066-1525

Mark Casson, John S. Lee

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
27 December 2024

European history; Medieval history; Economic history; Accounting; Finance

Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance

This book is the first to systematically examine the sources of medieval statistics. It will be useful as a handbook for researchers in financial and cultural history, as a history of financial record-keeping, and as a review of recent research into medieval finance and accounting based on statistical sources.

Medieval statistics provide a unique window on the past. Medieval documents produced by royal governments, monastic and ecclesiastical institutions, urban boroughs and legal cases for debt recovery provide a mine of useful information on economic life and financial affairs. They show that medieval administration was far more numerate, and far more sophisticated than is usually recognized. This book provides a comprehensive review of the key sources, written by leading experts in the field. The strengths and weaknesses of each source are reviewed, using original documents for illustration, and discussing examples from the recent literature. The book is mainly concerned with English statistics, as they have survived particularly well in both state and private records, but which showcase the potential of digital technology in enabling systematic study of medieval primary sources where large databases can now be compiled from original manuscripts. This edited volume will be a valuable tool for those working in financial, cultural, and political history, as it seeks to analyse the various ways in which medieval life was documented numerically and the ways in which this information was used within existing power structures.

Edited by: Mark Casson, John S. Lee
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2024 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9783031697296
ISBN 10: 3031697294
Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 27 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Casson is Professor of Economics at the University of Reading and Director of the Centre for Institutions and Economic History at Reading. He has long-standing research interests in entrepreneurship, business culture, the economics of the multinational enterprise, business history, the economic history of towns, and transport studies. He was President of the Association of Business Historians and member of the Council of the Royal and Economic Society. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, consulting editor of the Journal of World Business and the International Business Review, Chair of Trustees of the Business Enterprise Heritage Trust and a member of the History Committee of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS). John S. Lee is a researcher at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York. His research interests are in the economy and society of medieval England, and local and regional history. His work has ranged from studies of merchants and fairs, and towns and their hinterlands, to religious commemorative practices and the estates of the Knights Templar.