The medieval origins of the financial revolution: Usury, Rentes, and negotiability

International History Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 505-562

  Munro, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1080/07075332.2003.9641005     Document Type: Review

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