Project Gutenberg 2010-05-04 Public domain in the USA. 126 Pirenne, Henri 1862 1935 Pirenne, Jean Henri Otto Lucien Marie Pirenne, H. (Henri) The Stages in the Social History of Capitalism An Address Delivered at the International Congress of Historical Studies, London, April, 1913 E-text prepared by Fritz Ohrenschall, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Stages in the Social History of Capitalism" by Henri Pirenne is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the evolution of capitalism from the Middle Ages to modern times, focusing on the characteristics and origins of different classes of capitalists throughout various economic epochs. It presents an analysis of how social transformations influenced the capitalist class, suggesting that at each significant change in economic organization, a new group of capitalists emerges, discontinuous with those of the previous era. In this work, Pirenne argues that capitalism has ancient roots, existing in varying forms during the Middle Ages, particularly in urban centers like Venetian, Genoan, and Tuscan city-states. He traces the transitions from early agricultural economies to the rise of commercial practices in medieval towns, highlighting figures like St. Godric of Finchale as examples of early capitalists who accumulated wealth through trade. As economic structures evolved into more complex systems, the nature of capitalists shifted, leading to the emergence of new classes influenced by changing conditions and regulations. The book concludes that each class of capitalists starts with an innovative spirit, but ultimately becomes conservative as they seek to maintain their status amid increasing regulations and competition, reflecting the cyclical nature of economic history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Capitalism HB Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Economics 98599 98463 2024-09-13T13:36:53.962775 2023-09-14T07:39:20.604997 text/html text/html 97337 2010-05-04T11:48:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2496009 2010-05-04T11:53:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2542475 2024-09-13T13:37:14.903664 application/epub+zip 2532471 2024-09-13T13:37:02.495726 application/epub+zip 89879 2024-09-13T13:36:54.541765 application/epub+zip 18275022 2024-09-13T13:37:19.616694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 18255729 2024-09-13T13:37:06.539773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209785 2022-09-15T03:43:58.554911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 83304 83201 2024-09-13T13:36:53.604802 2023-09-14T07:39:20.306009 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 83137 2010-05-04T11:45:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 31750 2010-05-04T11:45:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 83166 2010-05-04T11:45:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31715 2010-05-04T11:45:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20135 2024-09-13T13:37:19.772660 application/rdf+xml 15957 2024-09-13T13:36:54.891778 image/jpeg 3590 2024-09-13T13:36:54.716769 image/jpeg 2551441 2024-09-13T13:36:54.039797 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia