Urban Public Debts: Urban Government and the Market for Annuities in Western Europe (14th-18th Centuries)

234 Pages·2003·36.309 MB·English, French

by  Marc Boone, Karel Davids, Paul Janssens

Urban Public Debts
Urban Government and the Market for Annuities in Western Europe
(14th-18th centuries)
M. Boone, K. Davids, P. Janssens (eds.)
BREPOLS
Studies in European Urban History
(1100-1800)
This study is part of a series growing
out of a larger project entitled ‘Urban
Society in the Low Countries, Late
Middle Ages - 16th century’ organized
under the auspices of the
Tnteruniversity Attraction Poles
Programme - Belgian State - Federal
Office for Scientific, Technical and
Cultural Affairs’ Programme (Pôles
d’attraction interuniversitaires - Etat
belge - Services fédéraux des affaires
scientifiques, techniques et culturel­
les). The participants in the program
are the Universities of Ghent (RUG,
Marc Boone, Hilde Symoens),
Brussels (ULB, Claire Billen), Leiden
(RUL, Wim Blockmans) and Antwerp
(UFSIA, Bruno Blondé, Guido
Mamef) with the manuscript depart­
ment of the Royal Library (Albertina)
in Brussels (Pierre Cockshaw,
Bernard Bousmanne & Ann Kelders).
This phase of the project (IAP phase
V, nr. 10) focuses on four issues: the
interconnections and interdependen­
cies between city and countryside,
governance of behaviour, civic identi­
ty, and sociocultural practices of the
urban middle classes. This volume
presents the studies prepared by scho­
lars associated with the project during
the 2002-2006 period. By foregroun­
ding the place of the city in the Late
Medieval and Early Modem history of
the Low Countries, the essays both
expose and help to explain the excep­
tional character and the disproportio­
nate importance of the region within
the European context during these
centuries.
M. Boone, director of the Programme.
URBAN PUBLIC DEBTS
URBAN GOVERNMENT AND THE MARKET FOR ANNUITIES IN
WESTERN EUROPE (14th-18th CENTURIES)
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Studies in European Urban History (1100-1800)
Series Editor
Marc BOONE
Urban Public Debts
Urban Government and the Market for Annuities
in Western Europe (14th - 18th centuries)
M. Boone, K. Davids, P. Janssens (eds.)
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BREPOLS
Under the auspices of the 'Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme (Phase V nr. 10) - Belgian State -
Federal Office for Scientific, Technical- and Cultural Affairs' Programme
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Contents
Introduction
Urban Public Debts from the 14th to the 18th Century. A new approach
Marc Boone, Karel Davids, Paul Janssens 3
On the Dual Origins of Long-Term Urban Debt in Medieval Europe
James D. Tracy 13
Cities, Provinces, States and Public Debts
Dette publique, autorités princières et villes dans les Pays de la Couronne d'Aragon
(14e-15e siècles)
Manuel Sanchez Martinez 27
The Crown, the City, and the Orphans: the City of London and its Finances, 1400-1700
Vanessa Harding 51
The Venetian Government Debt, 1350-1650
Luciano Pezzolo 61
Three Centuries of Urban and Provincial Public Debt: Amsterdam and Holland
Wantje Fritschy 75
Public Debt, State Revenue and Town Consumption in Rome (16th-! 8th Centuries)
Fausto Piola Caselli 93
Urban Governments, Public Debts and Annuity Markets
The Sale of Annuities and Financial Politics in a Town in the Eastern Netherlands
Zutphen, 1400-1600
Remi van Schalk 109
La prise de décision en matière d'emprunts dans les villes suisses au 15e siècle.
Hans-Jörg Gilomen 127
La dette de la ville de Huy au 17e siècle
Denis Morsa 149
Cities and Annuity Buyers
The Public Annuity Market in Bruges at the End of the 15th Century
Laurence Derycke 165
Renteniers and the Public Debt of Dordrecht (1555-1572)
Manon van der Heijden 183
Kenteniers and the Recovery of Amsterdam's Credit (1578-1605)
Martijn van der Burg and Marjolein't Hart 197
Personalia 219
Acknowledgements
The present volume is the direct result of a colloquium organised at the University of Ghent on
November 23-24, 2001, in the context of a joint Flemish-Dutch research project funded by both the
Dutch (NWO) and Flemish (FWO-Vlaanderen) organisations for scientific research in the context of a
VNC (Vlaams-Nederlands comité) research project entitled 'Burgers, geld en stadsbesturen. Vergelijkende
studies over de relatie tussen overheid, burgerij en stadsfinanâën in de Lage Landen tussen ca. 1400 en 1700'
(Burghers, money and city-governments. A comparative study of the relation among government,
bourgeoisie and city-finances in the Low Countries between 1400 and 1700), conducted by research
teams of the University of Ghent (M. Boone), the Catholic University of Brussels (P. Janssens) and the
Free University of Amsterdam (K. Davids). Both administrations, NWO and FWO-Vlaanderen, the
latter in the person of its secretary-general j. Traest, are to be thanked for the generous funding of
both the project and the conference.
Several colleagues, who for different reasons do not appear in the ranks of the authors, actively
participated however in the conference: as chairs of sessions or commentators like prof. dr. Wim
Blockmans (University of Leiden, NIAS), prof. dr. Bruno Blondé (University of Antwerp), prof. dr.
Stephan Epstein (London School of Economics), prof. dr. Maarten Prak (University of Utrecht), em.
prof. dr. Walter Prevenier (University of Ghent). Others took active part in the discussions; their
presence and the comments they made have helped to improve the texts presented in this book.
Among them we would like to mention Karel Degryse, Bernd Fuhrmann, Joost Jonker and Peter
Stabel.
While preparing the texts for publication the editors received very precious help from Susie Speakman
Sutch (University of California, Berkeley) and Elodie Lecuppre-Desjardin (University of Ghent) who
gave most welcome support with the correction of texts written by non-native speakers in English and
French respectively. Claudine Colyn (University of Ghent, Department of Mediaeval History) and Jo
De Groote (Centre for Public Finances, EHSAL, Brussels) gave valuable administrative support during
the conference and during the preparation of the proceedings for publication.
Finally, the editors were happy to find the editors of the series ‘Studies in European Urban History (1100-
1800/ (SEUH) willing to accept this collection of essays as part of a new series with the publisher
Brepols (Turnhout, Belgium) started by the IAP (Interuniversity Attraction Poles-programme funded
by the Federal office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs - OSTC of the Belgian government)
Phase V nr. 10 directed by M. Boone (University of Ghent) in collaboration with the research teams of
Leiden University, the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles), the University of Antwerp and the Royal
Library Albert I in Brussels.