Premodern European Capitalism, Christianity, and Florence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18976003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Caferro (0009-0002-1847-8806, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | OTHER |
| DOI | 10.34055/osf.io/xzh95 |
| OpenAlex | W4246436263 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
The essay examines the role of Christianity in premodern European capitalism, with regard to the city of Florence. It traces the formation of the historical construct and the influence of Werner Sombart’s Der moderne Kapitalismus, a work much neglected nowadays in the Anglophone academy. The article seeks to historicize and contextualize faith and economy, tostress their fundamentally intertwined nature and more specifically how notions of “negotiation” and diriturra (moral Christianrectitude) connect the seemingly antagonistic sides, and connect also Florentine finance and business history, which are too often studied independently. It argues that Christianrectitude and service to the church (a noncynical quid pro quo) were conjoined with a calculated, reasoned profit motive–evident especially among papal bankers, a key sector of the Florentine economy
Capitalism · Christianity · Economics · Economy · Faith · Negotiation · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Status quo · Theology · European Political History Analysis · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Philosophy · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |