Chapter Alternate currencies, bills of exchange and warfare in Trecento Italy
The connection between war and cash payments (gold/silver) has long been a staple of military history: a largely self-contained field that has stood apart from monetary history. The present essay examines the use of alternate currencies to compensate soldiers for war in trecento Italy during the era...
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| description | The connection between war and cash payments (gold/silver) has long been a staple of military history: a largely self-contained field that has stood apart from monetary history. The present essay examines the use of alternate currencies to compensate soldiers for war in trecento Italy during the era of costly mercenaries (“the age of the companies of adventures”) and the so-called bullion crisis. The paper investigates the recourse to in kind payments (horses, grain, utensils, ceremonial armor, cloth, land) and to bills of exchange, letters of payment and paper instruments. The use of paper is noteworthy, counterintuitive and the worthy of further research that includes consideration of the use of notarial documents, apodisse and bollette, in payments to soldiers. The broad aim of the paper is to bring together more closely study of the economy of war with monetary history and economic history more generally. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1497132025-07-21T15:45:20Z Chapter Alternate currencies, bills of exchange and warfare in Trecento Italy Caferro, William Money Supply Bill of Exchange In Kind Payments Paper Instruments thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history The connection between war and cash payments (gold/silver) has long been a staple of military history: a largely self-contained field that has stood apart from monetary history. The present essay examines the use of alternate currencies to compensate soldiers for war in trecento Italy during the era of costly mercenaries (“the age of the companies of adventures”) and the so-called bullion crisis. The paper investigates the recourse to in kind payments (horses, grain, utensils, ceremonial armor, cloth, land) and to bills of exchange, letters of payment and paper instruments. The use of paper is noteworthy, counterintuitive and the worthy of further research that includes consideration of the use of notarial documents, apodisse and bollette, in payments to soldiers. The broad aim of the paper is to bring together more closely study of the economy of war with monetary history and economic history more generally. 2025-01-13T21:38:27Z 2025-01-13T21:38:27Z 2024-12-20T12:35:53Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20241220_9791221503470_222 2975-1195 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96427 9791221503470 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/149713 eng Datini Studies in Economic History open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/96427/1/41436.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0347-0.23 10.36253/979-12-215-0347-0.23 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221503470 18 Florence open access |
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