The Economy of Obligation

The Economy of Obligation

The Culture of Credit and Social Relations in Early Modern England

by Craig Muldrew

453 pages· 1998· ISBN 9780312215651
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In an excellent work of scholarship, Craig Muldrew seeks to redefine the early modern English economy by rejecting the concept of capitalism. Muldrew argues that actual money was used only in a limited number of exchanges, and that credit in terms of a "cultural currency" of trust based on household reputation was used to transact most business, until the late 16th century.

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