Norman J. G. Pounds (1912–2006)
Auteur de An economic history of medieval Europe
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Œuvres de Norman J. G. Pounds
A History of the English Parish: The Culture of Religion from Augustine to Victoria (2000) 24 exemplaires
The Culture of the English People: Iron Age to the Industrial Revolution (Cacu) (1994) 12 exemplaires
The Parliamentary Survey of the Duchy of Cornwall: Part I (Austell Prior-Saltash) (1982) 2 exemplaires
The Worcester area: Proceedings of the 151st Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute, 1995 (1995) 1 exemplaire
Geografía histórica de Europa 1 exemplaire
The Cardiff area: Proceedings of the 139th Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute 1993 (1993) 1 exemplaire
Coal and steel in Western Europe 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, New Series, Vol VI, Part 2 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Pounds, Norman John Greville
- Date de naissance
- 1912-02-23
- Date de décès
- 2006-03-24
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- England
UK - Lieu de naissance
- Bath, Somerset, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Études
- Cambridge University (Fitzwilliam College ∙ BA ∙ History and Geography ∙ 1934)
Cambridge University (MA|1940)
London School of Economics (BA|1942)
London School of Economics (PhD|1942) - Professions
- historian
university professor - Organisations
- Indiana University
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- Œuvres
- 38
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 327
- Popularité
- #72,482
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 63
- Langues
- 3
The most interesting part of the book was chapter 9 on the commercial revolution. The author discusses the new methods of credit and financing which might have been the most impactful innovations of medieval times. The role of medieval government in the economy was clearly quite insignificant. The brief section in this book which focuses on government discusses mainly taxation. I would have liked to read a bit more on how medieval trade functioned without governmental help. Long-distance merchants must have gradually built trustworthy relationships amongst each other, but this book does not explicitly discuss how such webs of interpersonal acquaintance actually worked. But even so this book is a broad and very useful introduction to medieval economic history which can be recommended.… (plus d'informations)