Books by Jacques (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Le Goff

Presents the author's view of the primacy of the Middle Ages in the development of European history.

* This is the first accessible discussion of the role of money in the life and economy of the Middle Ages. * The author pays particular attention to the way in which the Church viewed money, and how it taught Christians what attitudes they should adopt towards it and towards the uses to which it could be put.