TY - JOUR
T1 - Debasements, Royal Revenues, and Inflation in France During the Hundred Years’ War, 1415–1422
AU - Sussman, Nathan
PY - 1993/3
Y1 - 1993/3
N2 - Historians of the period have generally played down the debasement of France’s coinage to increase crown revenues during the Hundred Years’ War or treated it as a last resort and an inept one. Based on archival data and an analytical framework drawn from the modern literature on inflation tax, this article supports challengers of that view, showing that debasement was an effective instrument of public finance.
AB - Historians of the period have generally played down the debasement of France’s coinage to increase crown revenues during the Hundred Years’ War or treated it as a last resort and an inept one. Based on archival data and an analytical framework drawn from the modern literature on inflation tax, this article supports challengers of that view, showing that debasement was an effective instrument of public finance.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0022050700012389
DO - 10.1017/S0022050700012389
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AN - SCOPUS:84972476590
SN - 0022-0507
VL - 53
SP - 44
EP - 70
JO - Journal of Economic History
JF - Journal of Economic History
IS - 1
ER -