Profit and Patrimony: Property, Markets, and Public Debt in Late Medieval Genoa

Jeffrey Miner

Business History Review, 2020, vol. 94, issue 1, 73-94

Abstract: Scholars have long linked medieval and early modern public debts to the rise of capitalism. This article considers one prominent case study in the development of permanent public debt: late medieval Genoa. Previous scholarship has focused on financial speculation and markets for shares as central to how public debts functioned. However, by considering complementary types of sources, this article demonstrates that inheritance strategies and patrimonial considerations operated in dialogue with markets in the development of urban public debts, both in Genoa and elsewhere in Europe.

Date: 2020
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