@article{826633,
      recid = {826633},
      author = {Briggs, Chris, and Zuijderduijn, Jaco,},
      title = {Land and credit : mortgages in the medieval and early  modern European countryside /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xviii, 339 pages) :},
      abstract = {"This volume investigates the use of mortgages in the  European countryside between the thirteenth and eighteenth  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 positively and negatively: on the one hand,  it provided borrowers with opportunities for investment in  agriculture; but equally, it exposed them to the risk of  losing their mortgaged property. The case studies presented  in this volume reveal the variety of forms that the  mortgage took, and show how an intricate balance was struck  between the interests of the borrower looking for funds,  and those of the lender looking for security. It is argued  that the character of mortgage law, and the nature of  rights in land in operation in any given the place and  period, determined the degree to which mortgages were  employed. Over time, developments in these factors allowed  increasing numbers of peasants to use mortgages more  freely, and with a decreasing risk of expropriation. This  volume will be appealing to academics and researchers  interested in financial history, credit and debt. "--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/826633},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66209-1},
}