Alien finance and the development of the English economy, 1285-13111
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3364500 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pamela Nightingale (University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 477-496 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2012.00657.x |
| OpenAlex | W1513936753 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
The contribution of alien, particularly Italian, investment to the development of the medieval English economy has provoked opposing views which hitherto have had to rely chiefly on customs records and evidence of Italian loans to the state for statistical evidence. These, though, vary in their coverage and do not record the inland trade. This article uses the Statute Merchant certificates of debt from 1285 to analyse changing levels of commercial investment by alien and denizen merchants throughout all areas of the kingdom. It shows that Italian investment was declining from the 1280s in line with falling imports of foreign silver. It discusses the causes of this decline, and the effect on alien and denizen credit of imports of counterfeit sterling coins produced by European mints. It relates these financial developments in England, France, and Flanders to the sequence of events which led to English merchants increasing their numbers and mercantile capital at the beginning of the fourteenth century when they were first able to establish their domination of the country's export trade in wool
Alien · Ancient history · Business · Capital (architecture) · Counterfeit · Debt · Economic history · Economics · Economy · International trade · Investment (military) · Political science · State (computer science) · Finance · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Medieval History and Crusades · Medieval Literature and History
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England and Northern Italy in the Early Fourteenth Century
Italian Bankers and the English Crown
Italy and the Economic Development of England in the Middle Ages
Edwardian Monetary Affairs (1279-1344)
Early Fourteenth-Century Exchange Rates
Alien Merchants in England in the High Middle Ages
The Volume of the English Currency, 1158-1470
Handbook of Medieval Exchange
Edward I's Monetary Policies and Their Consequences
Medieval London
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2019 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |