The silver empire: how Germany created its first common currency

'The Silver Empire' is a comprehensive account of how the Holy Roman Empire created a common currency in the sixteenth century. The problems that gave rise to the widespread desire to introduce a common a currency were myriad. While trade was able to cope with - and even to benefit from -...

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1. Verfasser: Volckart, Oliver 1964- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 2024
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:'The Silver Empire' is a comprehensive account of how the Holy Roman Empire created a common currency in the sixteenth century. The problems that gave rise to the widespread desire to introduce a common a currency were myriad. While trade was able to cope with - and even to benefit from - the parallel circulation of many different types of coin, it nevertheless harmed both the common people and the political authorities. The authorities in particular suffered from neighbours who used their comparatively good money as raw material to mint poor imitations. Debasing their own coinage provided an, at best, short-term solution. Volckart examines the conditions that shaped the monetary outlook of the member states of the Empire, paying particular attention to the uneven access to silver and gold
Beschreibung:Archivquellen und Bibliografie: Seite 309-347
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 356 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9780191997495
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198894483.001.0001

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