Briggs, Chris (ed.); Zuijderduijn, C. Jaco (ed.) - International Workshop on Mortgages in the European … - 2018 - 1st edition 2018
centuries. A mortgage allowed a loan to be secured with land or other property, and the practice has been linked to the … transformation of the agrarian economy that paved the way for modern economic growth. Historians have viewed the mortgage both … variety of forms that the mortgage took, and show how an intricate balance was struck between the interests of the borrower …
