THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY OF THE RENAISSANCE: THE ADVENT OF PRINTING AND FINANCIAL INTEGRATION IN CENTRAL EUROPE

• Authors: Chilosi David , Volckart Oliver
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper examines the role of the advent of printing in explaining financial integration in Central Europe until 1520. It finds that printing promoted financial integration because it triggered a fall in the costs of transmitting information, assisted the functioning of the Holy Roman Empire in major centres and significantly increased the financial importance of human capital.

Keywords

EN

FINANCIAL INTEGRATION; PRINTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENAISSANCE

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český časopis historický (The Czech Historical Review)
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 109
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 262-282
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Chilosi David

author

Volckart Oliver

• David Chilosi, Oliver Volckart, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11CZAAAA097219