Title :

The ‘Reduction’ of Money in the Low Countries c. 1489-1515

Author(s) :

Wijffels, Alain [Auteur]
Centre d'histoire judiciaire [CHJ]

Scientific editor(s) :

Fox, David
Ernst,Wolfgand

Book title :

Money in the Western Legal Tradition, Middle Ages to Bretton Woods

Publisher :

Oxford University Press

Publication date :

2016

ISBN :

9780198704744

English keyword(s) :

Habsburg Netherlands
debasement
revaluation
annuities
civil law
Court of Holland Great Council of Mechlin
Charles the Bold

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Droit

English abstract : [en]

This chapter examines the decrease in the value of money in the Low Countries during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries following the death of Charles the Bold, the last Duke of Burgundy from the House of Valois. His ...
Show more >This chapter examines the decrease in the value of money in the Low Countries during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries following the death of Charles the Bold, the last Duke of Burgundy from the House of Valois. His death allowed the emerging Habsburg regime to take control of Burgundy. During the years of crisis, revolts against the regime and the ensuing civil war contributed to the destabilization of trade and the economy. The chapter looks into the litigation records of the period, dealing with the payment of renten—rents or annuities. It examines how cities, mainly as debtors of such rents, were affected by the instability of currency rates brought about by the conflict. This instability was mainly due to the progressive debasement of the currency. Another factor was an ordinance passed by Emperor Maximilian I in 1489, which revaluated the currency, sparking disputes among creditors and cities.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS

Collections :

• Centre d'Histoire Judiciaire (CHJ) - UMR 8025

Submission date :

2020-09-21T15:40:27Z
2020-12-02T15:07:51Z
2021-02-17T08:05:22Z