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- Compassionate Capitalism: Business and Community in Medieval England
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- 2020
- Published by: Bristol University Press
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It may seem like a recent trend, but businesses have been practising compassionate capitalism for nearly a thousand years. Based on the newly discovered historical documents on Cambridge’s sophisticated urban property market during the Commercial Revolution in the thirteenth century, this book explores how successful entrepreneurs employed the wealth they had accumulated to the benefit of the community. Cutting across disciplines, from economic and business history to entrepreneurship, philanthropy and medieval studies, this outstanding volume presents an invaluable contribution to our knowledge of the early phases of capitalism. A companion book, The Cambridge Hundred Rolls Sources Volume, replacing the previous incomplete and inaccurate transcription by the Record Commission of 1818, is also available from Bristol University Press.It may seem like a recent trend, but businesses have been practising compassionate capitalism for nearly a thousand years. Based on the newly discovered historical documents on Cambridge’s sophisticated urban property market during the Commercial Revolution in the thirteenth century, this book explores how successful entrepreneurs employed the wealth they had accumulated to the benefit of the community. Cutting across disciplines, from economic and business history to entrepreneurship, philanthropy and medieval studies, this outstanding volume presents an invaluable contribution to our knowledge of the early phases of capitalism. A companion book, The Cambridge Hundred Rolls Sources Volume, replacing the previous incomplete and inaccurate transcription by the Record Commission of 1818, is also available from Bristol University Press.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-ii
- Table of Contents
- p. iii
- Figures and Tables
- pp. iv-v
- Family Trees
- p. vi
- Abbreviations
- pp. vii-xii
- Notes on the Authors
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- pp. xv-xviii
- 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-44
- 2. Dynamics of the Property Market
- pp. 45-120
- 3. Economic Topography
- pp. 121-170
- 4. Family Profiles
- pp. 171-248
- 5. Family Dynasties: Success and Failure
- pp. 249-274
- 8. Conclusions
- pp. 341-348
- References
- pp. 349-374
Additional Information
ISBN
9781529209266
Related ISBN(s)
9781529209259
MARC Record
OCLC
1148906153
Pages
400
Launched on MUSE
2021-10-29
Language
English
Open Access
No