Rechtsgeschichte und Wirtschaftsgeschichte: Institutionelle Faktoren in der Wirtschaftsentwicklung des Alten Reiches

Abstract

History of Law and Economic History: lnstitutional Factors in the Economy of the Holy Roman Empire. Discussing the potential cooperation between economic history and the history of law, this contribution gives an introduction into the institutional approach to economic history. It shows that especially in the early modern period the legal institutions o f the Holy Roman Empire had an impact on the economic development of the German territories. - Keywords: institutional economics, Holy Roman Empire, Imperial Chamber Court, Imperial Diet, Impe- | rial Circles, monetary policies, exchange ordinances