Pre-modern Towns at the Times of Catastrophes. East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective

0578159 - HÚ 2024 RIV GB eng M - Monography Chapter
Buňatová, Marie
Bankruptcy as a family disaster? Paper on the business practices of Christian and Jewish merchants in Early Modern Period Prague.
Pre-modern Towns at the Times of Catastrophes. East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective. Abingdon: Routledge, 2024 - (Malaníková, M.; Możejko, B.; Nodl, M.), s. 182-195. ISBN 978-1-032-34737-0
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) LQ300151901
Program: Prémie Lumina quaeruntur
Institutional support: RVO:67985963
Keywords : Prague * Early Modern Period * traders * business practices * judiciary * bankruptcy * family
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

This study looks at the issue of bankruptcy on the one hand as it was defined in Bohemian legislation in the 16th century, and secondly as it was perceived within the then early modern urban society. It focuses its interest on situations in which certain Christian and Jewish merchants in Prague during the 16th century became insolvent and bankrupt. It investigates the question of to what extent these situations affected their personal/family life and what impact they had on their further economic activities and family life.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0347199