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Dear all, Adrian Bell and Tony Moore did a Christmas lecture for children explaining things about money. It explains how bills of exchange work and other exciting things. You can find it here :

A new publication on premodern credit markets has been released. The proceedings of the Conference "Change and Transformation of Premodern Credit Markets: The Importance of Small-Scale Credits", held 2019 in Heidelberg, were published open access. Nicolussi-Köhler, Stephan (Hrsg.): Change and Transformation of Premodern Credit Markets: The Importance of Small-Scale Credits, Heidelberg: heiBOOKS, 2021. https://doi.org/10.11588/heibooks.593

We are happy to announce the program for next week's online workshop. GIRO followers receive details how to log in via e-mail. Not yet a member but interested in joining? Please send a message using our contact form! Medieval Finance Network Online Spring Workshop 9am – 12 noon (GMT) Thursday 12 January 2023 9.00 - 9.05 Welcome and introduction (Dr Tanja Skambraks, University of Mannheim) 9.05 - 9.20 Chris Budleigh, Birkbeck College, University of London, 'Currency Debasement and Reform in the 11th Century Byzantine Empire' 9.20 - 9.35 Dr Matthias Berlandi, University of Utrecht, ' A Quantitative Analysis of the English and Baltic Grain Trade’. 9.35 - 9.50 Dr Nils Bock, University of Munster, 'Entangled War Finance around 1300: Paris, Rome, Florence' 9.50 - 10.10 Questions (chaired by Dr Tanja Skambraks) 10.10 - 10.30 Break 10.30 - 10.45 Dr Fabrizio Alias, University of Sassari - PRIN Loc-Glob , 'A Royal Investigation of Customs Duties in the Crown of Aragon (1346)' 10.45 - 11.00 Dr Sandra de la Torre Gonzalo, University of Valladolid, 'Financing a New Political Project: Newcomers and the Deputation of the Kingdom of Aragon in the 15th Century' 11.00 - 11.15 Dr Marco Conti, University of Bordeaux-Montaigne, 'Studying Medieval Tax Evasion: Some Reflections on the Bologna Case (13th - 14th centuries)' 11.15 - 11.35 Questions (chaired by Dr Jaco Zuijderduijn, Lund University) 11.35 - 11.55 General discussion and update on research, conferences etc. (chaired by Dr Jaco Zuijderduijn) 11.55 - 12.00 Concluding remarks (Dr Tanja Skambraks)