Session1040
TitleInvestments and Survival in Late Medieval Cities, I: Private Funding and Public Bodies in German-Speaking Lands
Date/TimeWednesday 6 July 2022: 09.00-10.30
 
SponsorGiro: Medieval Finance Network
 
OrganiserStephan Nicolussi-Köhler, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften und Europäische Ethnologie, Universität Innsbruck
 
Moderator/ChairAdrian R. Bell, International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Centre, University of Reading
 
Paper 1040-a Credit for the Poor, Credit for the Rich?: Different Strategies for the Supply of Credit in Medieval Tirol
(Language: English)
Stephan Nicolussi-Köhler, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften und Europäische Ethnologie, Universität Innsbruck
Index Terms: Economics - General; Economics - Rural; Local History; Social History
Paper 1040-b The Pledging of Dominions and Royal Rights in the Late Middle Ages
(Language: English)
Lienhard Thaler, Tiroler Landesarchiv, Innsbruck
Index Terms: Economics - General; Economics - Urban; Social History
Paper 1040-c Credit and the Administration of the Poors' Funds in Small Lower Rhine Cities during the Late Middle Ages
(Language: English)
Monika Gussone, Lehrstuhl für die Geschichte des Spätmittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit, Universität Mannheim
Index Terms: Archaeology - General; Economics - Urban; Lay Piety; Social History
 
AbstractPublic credit institutions satisfied the demands of governments, business corporations, or merchants. However, these specific forms of financial assets were only of interest for a specific - mostly the wealthier - part of the society and left out a large part of the population. To what extent the financial involvement of the private sector mattered, both within and outside from public credit institutions, is not known. By bringing together private funding and public bodies, the financial activities of (poor) households, families, and firms will be analysed against the backdrop of different financial needs and their solutions.