The silver empire : how Germany created its first common currency /
Volckart, Oliver,
The silver empire : how Germany created its first common currency / Oliver Volckart. - 1 online resource : illustrations, maps. - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'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.
Specialized.
9780191997495 No price
10.1093/oso/9780198894483.001.0001 doi
Money--Holy Roman Empire.
Monetary policy--Holy Roman Empire.
Finance and Accounting.
Economics.
Germany--Economic conditions--16th century.
HG996 / .V6 2024
332.494309031
The silver empire : how Germany created its first common currency / Oliver Volckart. - 1 online resource : illustrations, maps. - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'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.
Specialized.
9780191997495 No price
10.1093/oso/9780198894483.001.0001 doi
Money--Holy Roman Empire.
Monetary policy--Holy Roman Empire.
Finance and Accounting.
Economics.
Germany--Economic conditions--16th century.
HG996 / .V6 2024
332.494309031