Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Editor's Foreword Introduction: Medieval Finances in the Central European Historiography: Roman Zaoral PART I: MONEY AND MINTING 1. New Perspectives on the 14th-Century Imperial Coinage: Hendrik Makeler 2. The Reception of Imperial Monetary Reforms in 16th-Century Northern Germany: Michael North 3. The Kremnica Town Book of Accounts: The Economy of a Mining and Mint Town in the Kingdom of Hungary: Martin Stefanik PART II: MEDIEVAL COURT FUNDING 4. Financiers to the Blind King: Funding the Court of John the Blind (1310-1346): Zdenek Zalud 5. The Financial Dimension of the Pledge Policy of King Sigismund of Luxembourg in Bohemia (1419-1437): Stanislav Barta 6. The Pledge Policy of King Sigismund of Luxembourg in Hungary (1387-1437): Janos Incze 7. The Economic Background to and the Financial Politics of Queen Barbara of Cilli in Hungary (1406-1438): Daniela Dvorakova 8. The Economy of Journey: The Court Accounts of Prince Sigismund Jagiellon and Their Historical Context: Petr Kozak PART III: TRADE AND TOWNS 9. Accounting Records of the Town Offices in Bohemia and Moravia: Methodology and Application: Pavla Slavickova - Zdenek Puchinger 10. Remnants and Traces: In Search of Wroclaw Accounting Books (The Late 14th - Early 16th Century): Grzegorz Mysliwski 11. Financial Obligations of the City of Gdansk to King Casimir IV Jagiellon and His Successors in the Light of the 1468-1516 Ledger Book: Beata Mozejko 12. Old Interpretations and New Approaches: The 1457-1458 Thirtieth Customs Registers of Pressburg (Bratislava): Balazs Nagy PART IV: CHURCH AND MONEY 13. Financing a Legation: Papal Legates and Money in the Later Middle Ages: Antonin Kalous 14. St Vitus Building Accounts (1372-1378): The Economic Aspects of Building the Cathedral: Marek Suchy 15. 'De mandato dominorum divisorum...': Finances in the Life of Prague's Metropolitan Chapter: Martina Marikova Index

About the Author

Roman Zaoral is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Czech Republic, where he also obtained an MA in History and PhD in Medieval History. His research interests centre on the economic, financial and numismatic history of central Europe during the Middle Ages.

Reviews

“This is a valuable collection of essays which demonstrates admirably the willingness of Central European historians to tackle major issues of kingship, finance, minting and money and the pre-Hussite Church, and to arrive at some surprising answers.” (J. L. Bolton,English Historical Review, Vol. 133 (560), February, 2018)