The grammar of profit : the price revolution in intellectual context / / by Andrea Finkelstein.

This study explores the relationship between the prevailing concept of \'just profit\' and contemporary reactions to the Sixteenth-Century Price Revolution by tracing the evolving meaning of \'profit\' in religious, political, and social discourse. Using the period's own mac...

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Superior document:Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 138
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Year of Publication:2006
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 138.
Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.)
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Chapter One: Profit and the Price Revolution
  • Chapter Two: Body, Mind, and Soul
  • Chapter Three: Family Values
  • Chapter Four: Master and Servant
  • Chapter Five: The Body of Profit
  • Chapter Six: Profit and Distributive Justice I: The Sins of the Body
  • Chapter Seven: Profit and Distributive Justice II: The Sins of the Monarch
  • Chapter Eight: Profit and Commutative Justice
  • Chapter Nine: The Modern Problem of Profit: A Paradox by Way of a Digression
  • Chapter Ten: Conclusion: The Grammar of Profit in an Age of Revolutions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.