Compassionate Capitalism
Business and Community in Medieval England
Mark Casson author Catherine Casson author John S Lee author Katie Phillips author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bristol University Press
Published:1st Apr '20
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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Based on the newly discovered historical documents on Cambridge’s sophisticated urban property market during the Commercial Revolution in the thirteenth century, this book explores how successful entrepreneurs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.
"Our knowledge of early capitalism is far from perfect. This book makes an important contribution to redress this situation, while also providing very valuable new information about medieval Cambridge and its territory." Guido Alfani, Bocconi University
“A novel and creative approach to the Capitalism debate. The transcription and analysis of primary sources are valuable contribution to medieval and early modern social, economic and business history.” Claudia Jefferies, City, University London
"This study of the medieval property market in Cambridge, presented in the context of medieval capitalism and Christian charitable foundations, will be widely welcomed." Nick Mayhew, University of Oxford
ISBN: 9781529209259
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400 pages