A History of the Credit Market in Central Europe: The Middle Ages and Early Modern Period

0535171 - HÚ 2021 RIV GB eng M - Monography Chapter
Sterneck, Tomáš
Investments of a south Bohemian ‘banker’ in the first half of the 16th century: The credit operations of Knight Petr Doudlebský of Doudleby.
A History of the Credit Market in Central Europe: The Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. London: Routledge, 2020 - (Slavíčková, P.), s. 207-218. ISBN 978-0367404185
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Keywords : finance * credit * lower nobility * Petr Doudlebský of Doudleby
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

The study deals with lending business of Bohemian lower nobility in the 16th century on the example of one of the pioneers of systematic financial transactions, Petr Doudlebský of Doudleby (d. 1550). This knight multiplied his property thanks to investments in loans, having constantly increased their volume by repeatedly lending all available financial means including the interest revenue. Rather than as an isolated phenomenon, Petr’s lending investments have been studied with regard to his origin, family ties and personal life, as they conditioned his business to a considerable extent.
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