The ‘resource curse’ of Mediaeval English state finance, C.1155–1453

Moore, T. K. (2023) The ‘resource curse’ of Mediaeval English state finance, C.1155–1453. In: da Costa Dominguez, R. and Andrade, A. A. (eds.) Portugal in a European Context: Essays on Taxation and Fiscal Policies in Late Medieval and Early Modern Western Europe. Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 159-176. ISBN 9783031062261 doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-06227-8_9

Abstract/Summary

This chapter discusses the relative abundance of surviving records from the medieval English central government but also cautions that this may function as a form of resource curse for the unwaring historian. The volume of records obscures the sizeable gaps in coverage, most notably in terms of private and local records, and can be unwieldy to use. More fundamentally, historians can be content to passively read these sources rather than asking more searching questions about what they do not tell us and exploring more imaginative ways of using those sources.

Item Type	Book or Report Section
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/109689
Identification Number/DOI	10.1007/978-3-031-06227-8_9
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies (GCMS) Henley Business School > Finance and Accounting Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Centre for Economic History
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
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