Author: Ekelund, Robert B., Jr.; Hebert, Robert F.; Tollison, Robert D.; Anderson, Gary M. & Davidson, Audrey B.
Title: Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm
Description: New York / Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1996. quarter-cloth. 24x16cm, viii, 210 pp. Textual chart. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: What does an Economic Model of the Medieval Church Offer?; The Industrial Organization of the Medieval Church; The Medieval Church as a Multidivisional Firm; Monasrteries as Agents of the Corporate Church; Attempts to Maintain Market Dominance; Rent Seeking through Demand and Supply Manipulations: How the Church Preempted the Marriage Market; How the Church Gained from Usury and Exchange Doctrines; How the Church Profited from the Crusades; Product Innovation in a Doctrinal Firm; Summary & Conclusion: The Medieval Church and the Emergence of Capitalism.

Keywords: Economic history, Catholic Church, Medieval Europe, Capitalism, , , , ,