Land and credit: mortgages in the medieval and early modern european countryside
Éditeur :
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN :
9783030097639
Date de publication :
30 janv. 2019
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
It is argued that the character of mortgage law, and the nature of rights in land in operation in any given the place and period, determined the degree to which mortgages were employed.Over time, developments in these factors allowed increasing numbers of peasants to use mortgages more freely, and with a decreasing risk of expropriation.