ABSTRACT
In discussions on European pre-modern economic growth, the role of individual freedom and of the state has loomed large. This book examines whether different kinds of 'freedoms' (absolutist, parliamentary and republican) caused different economic outcomes, and shows the effect of different political regimes on long term development. It thus offers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |26 pages
Freedom, freedoms and growth
chapter |31 pages
The late medieval crisis as an ‘integration crisis’
chapter |4 pages
Conclusion
chapter |7 pages
States and fairs
chapter |9 pages
Creation
chapter |17 pages
Cities and the rise of Italian territorial states
chapter |37 pages
The origins of protoindustry, c.1300–c.1550
chapter |4 pages
Sicily
part |1 pages
Markets and states, c.1300–c.1550
chapter |20 pages
Customs and tolls
part |1 pages
Appendix: manuscript and published sources for the price of wheat
