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:	9781137479778
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/16/2015
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance , #14583
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	341
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

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