The Cost of Empire : The Finances of the Kingdom of Naples in the Time of Spanish Rule (Paperback)

List of figures; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Weights and measures; Monetary units and exchange rates; Maps; Introduction; 1. The early modern southern Italian economy; 2. The fiscal system in early modern Naples; 3. Government income, 1550?1638; 4. Government expense, 1550?1638; 5. The creation of a securities market in the later sixteenth century; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.