Accounting at Durham Cathedral Priory: Management and Control of a Major Ecclesiastical Corporation 1083-1540

by Alisdair Dobie

Overview

This study utilizes the rich archives which survive at Durham Cathedral to examine the way in which accounting methods and systems were adopted and adapted to manage income and expenses, assets and liabilities in changing economic environments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137479785
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	04/29/2016
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	341
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Dr Alisdair Dobie is a senior lecturer in accounting at the University of Stirling. He studied history at Edinburgh and Durham universities and qualified as a chartered accountant with a major international accounting firm. He has published a range of papers relating to medieval accounting.

Table of Contents

List Of Tables
List Of Appendices
Acknowledgements
Notes On Referencing And Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Durham Cathedral Priory 1083-1540
2. Economic, Bureaucratic And Religious Developments And Reforms 1083-1540
3. The Corpus Of Accounting Material, Supplementary Sources And Key Questions
4. Rentals, Compoti, Status, And Other Documentary Forms
5. Debtors, Creditors And Financial Management
6. Accounting As A Management Tool
7. Monitoring And Conclusions
Appendices
Bibliography
Index