Franciscan Wealth: From Voluntary Poverty to Market Society

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface 7 abbreviations 9 i. a time of Development and Organization 11 the new wealth: merchants and usurers 11 the new poverty: ascetics and paupers 28 land, money, and civilization 43 ii. Francis and the Franciscans: the Discovery of elsewhere 55 animals, the nameless, the homeless 55 the wealth of the universe and its usefulness 73 Grain, vegetables, and coins 90 iii. the Use of the World: From narbonne to Genoa 105 the value of people and the price of goods 105 What is a merchant? 121 individual profit and common wealth 134 iV. the Market as a Form of society: From Barcelona to siena 151 those we can trust 151 Family, market, city 166 the productive community 181 index of names 197 ...