Financial Failure in Early Modern England - Couverture souple

Collins, Aidan

 
9781837651900: Financial Failure in Early Modern England

Synopsis

Examines cases involving bankruptcy brought before the court of Chancery - a court of equity which dealt with civil disputes - between 1674 and 1750. It uncovers the numerous meanings attached to financial failure in early modern England. The book investigates the negative aspects of early modern trade networks and the active role of the court when such networks broke down, surveying the moral landscape of debt recovery during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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À propos de l?auteur

AIDAN COLLINS currently holds a lectureship in Early Modern British and European History at Newcastle University, having graduated with a BA in History from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a PhD in Early Modern History from the University of York.

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