Was There Capitalism in the Middle Ages?
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Medieval History Workshop, Harvard Univ.
Organizer Name
Henry Gruber
Organizer Affiliation
Harvard Univ.
Presider Name
Henry Gruber
Paper Title 1
Concepts of Capitalism, Old and New
Presenter 1 Name
Tim Barker
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Harvard Univ.
Paper Title 2
Capitalism and the Rise of an Abstract Mentality in Late Medieval France, Burgundy, and Flanders
Presenter 2 Name
Suzanne Verderber
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Pratt Institute
Paper Title 3
What Is Socially Distinctive of Modern Capitalism?
Presenter 3 Name
Zach Wehrwein
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Harvard Univ.
Paper Title 4
Risky Business: Medieval Trade before Capitalism
Presenter 4 Name
Craig E. Bertolet
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Auburn Univ.
Start Date
9-5-2019 1:30 PM
Session Location
Bernhard 208
Description
Historians of capital tend to view capitalism as distinctly modern. But if capitalism is just another word for modernity, what does that make economic activity in the medieval world? In this panel, we consider the theoretical stakes of pushing capitalism back into the middle ages and investigate what sort of medieval evidence might help us. Henry Gruber
Was There Capitalism in the Middle Ages?
Bernhard 208
Historians of capital tend to view capitalism as distinctly modern. But if capitalism is just another word for modernity, what does that make economic activity in the medieval world? In this panel, we consider the theoretical stakes of pushing capitalism back into the middle ages and investigate what sort of medieval evidence might help us. Henry Gruber