Money and Finance in Central Europe during the Later Middle Ages

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction: Medieval Finance in Central European Historiography....Pages 1-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
A New Perspective on the Imperial Coinage....Pages 25-31
The Reception of Imperial Monetary Reforms in 16th-century Northern Germany....Pages 32-41
The Kremnica Town Book of Accounts: The Economy of a Mining and Mint Town in the Kingdom of Hungary....Pages 42-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Financiers to the Blind King: Funding the Court of John the Blind (1310–1346)....Pages 59-75
The Financial Dimension of the Pledge Policy of King Sigismund of Luxembourg in Bohemia (1419–1437)....Pages 76-86
The Pledge Policy of King Sigismund of Luxembourg in Hungary (1387–1437)....Pages 87-109
The Economic Background to and the Financial Politics of Queen Barbara of Cilli in Hungary (1406–1438)....Pages 110-128
The Courtly Accounts of Prince Sigismund Jagiello (Late 15th to Early 16th Centuries) and Their Historical Context....Pages 129-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Accounting Records of the Town Offices in Bohemia and Moravia: Methodology and Application....Pages 155-168
Remnants and Traces: In Search of Wrocław’s Accounting Books (Late 14th to Early 16th Centuries)....Pages 169-180
Financial Obligations of the City of Gdańsk to King Casimir IV Jagiellon and His Successors in the Light of the 1468–1516 Ledger Book....Pages 181-191
Old Interpretations and New Approaches: The 1457–1458 Thirtieth Customs Register of Bratislava....Pages 192-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Financing a Legation: Papal Legates and Money in the Later Middle Ages....Pages 205-221
St Vitus Building Accounts (1372–1378): The Economic Aspects of Building the Cathedral....Pages 222-246
‘De mandato dominorum divisorum … ’: Finances in the Life of Prague’s Metropolitan Chapter....Pages 247-263
Back Matter....Pages 265-269