Fiscal relations between states and cities in early modern Europe is a major concern for economic and financial historians. This collection of eleven essays is

Fiscal relations between states and cities in early modern Europe is a major concern for economic and financial historians. This collection of eleven essays is

What the loans and defaults of a sixteenth-century Spanish king can tell us about sovereign debt today Why do lenders time and again loan money to sovereign bor

States of Credit provides the first comprehensive look at the joint development of representative assemblies and public borrowing in Europe during the medieval

This is the most in-depth analysis of inequality and social polarization ever attempted for a preindustrial society. Using data from the archives of the Venetia