The Stages in the Social History of Capitalism
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Henri Pirenne follows the people who hold capital rather than tracing the accumulation of wealth alone. In The Stages in the Social History of Capitalism, he proposes that successive economic periods produce distinct groups of capitalists. Established traders may settle into a comfortable landed class, while newcomers take up opportunities requiring different methods. He presents this argument as a hypothesis open to historical testing, acknowledging the limits of the available research.
Medieval commerce provides a central field of evidence. Pirenne discusses merchants linked through guilds and trading associations, and the influence of Bruges on smaller Flemish towns. He also describes how commercial gains become urban landholdings and rental income as growing towns increase the value of property. This historical essay gives readers a focused argument about economic change, social mobility and the relationship between trade and property, with particular attention to the evidence used to define medieval capitalism.
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- Author
- Henri Pirenne
- Reading time
- About 45 minutes
- Pages
- 65
- Language
- English
- Genre
- European History
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