The debasement of the "dollar of the middle ages"

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 768-801

  Kaplanis, Costas ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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CURRENCY DEVALUATION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGES;

EID: 0242582871     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050703541985     Document Type: Article

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