Urban Public Debts: Urban Government and the Market for Annuities in Western Europe (14th-18th Centuries) PDF
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Urban Public Debts Urban Government and the Market for Annuities in Western Europe (14th-18th centuries) M. Boone, K. Davids, P. Janssens (eds.) BREPOLS Studies in European Urban History (1100-1800) This study is part of a series growing out of a larger project entitled ‘Urban Society in the Low Countries, Late Middle Ages - 16th century’ organized under the auspices of the Tnteruniversity Attraction Poles Programme - Belgian State - Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs’ Programme (Pôles d’attraction interuniversitaires - Etat belge - Services fédéraux des affaires scientifiques, techniques et culturel les). The participants in the program are the Universities of Ghent (RUG, Marc Boone, Hilde Symoens), Brussels (ULB, Claire Billen), Leiden (RUL, Wim Blockmans) and Antwerp (UFSIA, Bruno Blondé, Guido Mamef) with the manuscript depart ment of the Royal Library (Albertina) in Brussels (Pierre Cockshaw, Bernard Bousmanne & Ann Kelders). This phase of the project (IAP phase V, nr. 10) focuses on four issues: the interconnections and interdependen cies between city and countryside, governance of behaviour, civic identi ty, and sociocultural practices of the urban middle classes. This volume presents the studies prepared by scho lars associated with the project during the 2002-2006 period. By foregroun ding the place of the city in the Late Medieval and Early Modem history of the Low Countries, the essays both expose and help to explain the excep tional character and the disproportio nate importance of the region within the European context during these centuries. M. Boone, director of the Programme. URBAN PUBLIC DEBTS URBAN GOVERNMENT AND THE MARKET FOR ANNUITIES IN WESTERN EUROPE (14th-18th CENTURIES) SEUH ni Studies in European Urban History (1100-1800) Series Editor Marc BOONE Urban Public Debts Urban Government and the Market for Annuities in Western Europe (14th - 18th centuries) M. Boone, K. Davids, P. Janssens (eds.) fil BREPOLS Under the auspices of the 'Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme (Phase V nr. 10) - Belgian State - Federal Office for Scientific, Technical- and Cultural Affairs' Programme Illustration de couverture: Il Camarlingo si lave le mani, la Vergine protegge Siena Scuola di sano di pietro 1451 (Siena, Archivo di Stato, 29) © 2003 - Brepols Publishers n.v., Tumhout, Belgium All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. D/2003/0095/155 ISBN 2-503-51383-2 Printed in the E.U. on acid-free paper Contents Introduction Urban Public Debts from the 14th to the 18th Century. A new approach Marc Boone, Karel Davids, Paul Janssens 3 On the Dual Origins of Long-Term Urban Debt in Medieval Europe James D. Tracy 13 Cities, Provinces, States and Public Debts Dette publique, autorités princières et villes dans les Pays de la Couronne d'Aragon (14e-15e siècles) Manuel Sanchez Martinez 27 The Crown, the City, and the Orphans: the City of London and its Finances, 1400-1700 Vanessa Harding 51 The Venetian Government Debt, 1350-1650 Luciano Pezzolo 61 Three Centuries of Urban and Provincial Public Debt: Amsterdam and Holland Wantje Fritschy 75 Public Debt, State Revenue and Town Consumption in Rome (16th-! 8th Centuries) Fausto Piola Caselli 93 Urban Governments, Public Debts and Annuity Markets The Sale of Annuities and Financial Politics in a Town in the Eastern Netherlands Zutphen, 1400-1600 Remi van Schalk 109 La prise de décision en matière d'emprunts dans les villes suisses au 15e siècle. Hans-Jörg Gilomen 127 La dette de la ville de Huy au 17e siècle Denis Morsa 149 Cities and Annuity Buyers The Public Annuity Market in Bruges at the End of the 15th Century Laurence Derycke 165 Renteniers and the Public Debt of Dordrecht (1555-1572) Manon van der Heijden 183 Kenteniers and the Recovery of Amsterdam's Credit (1578-1605) Martijn van der Burg and Marjolein't Hart 197 Personalia 219 Acknowledgements The present volume is the direct result of a colloquium organised at the University of Ghent on November 23-24, 2001, in the context of a joint Flemish-Dutch research project funded by both the Dutch (NWO) and Flemish (FWO-Vlaanderen) organisations for scientific research in the context of a VNC (Vlaams-Nederlands comité) research project entitled 'Burgers, geld en stadsbesturen. Vergelijkende studies over de relatie tussen overheid, burgerij en stadsfinanâën in de Lage Landen tussen ca. 1400 en 1700' (Burghers, money and city-governments. A comparative study of the relation among government, bourgeoisie and city-finances in the Low Countries between 1400 and 1700), conducted by research teams of the University of Ghent (M. Boone), the Catholic University of Brussels (P. Janssens) and the Free University of Amsterdam (K. Davids). Both administrations, NWO and FWO-Vlaanderen, the latter in the person of its secretary-general j. Traest, are to be thanked for the generous funding of both the project and the conference. Several colleagues, who for different reasons do not appear in the ranks of the authors, actively participated however in the conference: as chairs of sessions or commentators like prof. dr. Wim Blockmans (University of Leiden, NIAS), prof. dr. Bruno Blondé (University of Antwerp), prof. dr. Stephan Epstein (London School of Economics), prof. dr. Maarten Prak (University of Utrecht), em. prof. dr. Walter Prevenier (University of Ghent). Others took active part in the discussions; their presence and the comments they made have helped to improve the texts presented in this book. Among them we would like to mention Karel Degryse, Bernd Fuhrmann, Joost Jonker and Peter Stabel. While preparing the texts for publication the editors received very precious help from Susie Speakman Sutch (University of California, Berkeley) and Elodie Lecuppre-Desjardin (University of Ghent) who gave most welcome support with the correction of texts written by non-native speakers in English and French respectively. Claudine Colyn (University of Ghent, Department of Mediaeval History) and Jo De Groote (Centre for Public Finances, EHSAL, Brussels) gave valuable administrative support during the conference and during the preparation of the proceedings for publication. Finally, the editors were happy to find the editors of the series ‘Studies in European Urban History (1100- 1800/ (SEUH) willing to accept this collection of essays as part of a new series with the publisher Brepols (Turnhout, Belgium) started by the IAP (Interuniversity Attraction Poles-programme funded by the Federal office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs - OSTC of the Belgian government) Phase V nr. 10 directed by M. Boone (University of Ghent) in collaboration with the research teams of Leiden University, the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles), the University of Antwerp and the Royal Library Albert I in Brussels.
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