Accounting and power: Evidence from the fourteenth century

Accounting History

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-62

  Riccaboni, Angelo ^a   Giovannoni, Elena ^a   Giorgi, Andrea ^b   Moscadelli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accounting practices; Control systems; Ecclesiastical institutions; Italian City State; Middle Ages; Power relations; Religious activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049157266     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1032373206060082     Document Type: Article

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