influence of Austria and Germany. It focuses on the role of loans and debts in medieval and early modern society, credit markets … in these countries, the mechanism of lending and borrowing, forms of credit, availability of loans, frequency of credits … them. The research presented in the book is based on a wide range of resources including credit contracts and agreements …

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Creditworthiness and credit risks -- Between promise and peril : credit and debt at … field experience in Mexico, 1930s-1940s / Nicole Mottier -- Consumer credit as a civil right in America, 1968-1976 / Enrico …