Economic institutions encompassing increasingly sophisticated concepts of risk-sharing and liability flourished in Europe beginning in the High Middle Ages. These innovations occurred in an environment of fragmented local jurisdictions, not within the framework of the territorial state. In this...

Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks -- Chapter 2: Grand Narratives in Premodern Economic History -- Chapter 3: Introduction into the Study of Production -- Chapter 4: Introduction into the Study of Markets -- Chapter 5: Introduction into the Study of Money and Credit -- Chapter 6: Reviewed Sample...