Chapter Tally sticks as media of knowledge in the contexts of medieval economic and administrative histor
Tally sticks worked as ubiquitous stores of numerical knowledge and tools of accounting and administration in medieval Europe. Previous research emphasized both the potential and value of the wooden notched sticks not only for the social and economic history of the Middle Ages, but also for the hist...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Florence
Firenze University Press
2023
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| Series: | Datini Studies in Economic History
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | Tally sticks worked as ubiquitous stores of numerical knowledge and tools of accounting and administration in medieval Europe. Previous research emphasized both the potential and value of the wooden notched sticks not only for the social and economic history of the Middle Ages, but also for the history of writing, intellectual history. This article combines the analysis of archival objects and written sources from England and Germany analysing their various contexts of use. These involve the centralised, highly professional and ritualised tax accounting at the English Exchequer, husbandry and agriculture, consumer taxation as well as public credit and circulating money-substitutes. Furthermore tallies were often used as evidence in court and functioned alongside written administration. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (22 p.) |
| ISBN: | 979-12-215-0092-9.09 9791221500929 |
| Access: | Open Access |