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Chapter Tally sticks as media of knowledge in the contexts of medieval economic and administrative histor
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Tally sticks worked as ubiquitous stores of numerical knowledge and tools of accounting and administration in medieval Europe. Previous research emphasized both the potential and value of the wooden notched sticks not only ...
Chapter Transmission of useful knowledge in texts written by craftsmen. Two case studies from the Holy Roman Empire
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In medieval and early modern crafts, useful knowledge was taught in the workshops. There, innovation took place. Craftsmen exchanged knowledge on journeys or through voluntary and forced migration. This system of knowledge ...
Chapter Round Table comment: From «useful knowledge» to a «culture of growth»
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we can state that economically useful knowledge could induce innovations which further deepened and widened this economically useful knowledge; and this cycle was at least one of the decisive factors of raising profitability ...
Chapter Le radici storiche dell’economia della conoscenza
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Chapter Ships, shipping, technological change and global economic growth, 1400-1800
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The major breakthrough in ship design around 1400 creating the full-rigged ship constituted a general purpose technology. It had far-reaching effects on shipping, trade volume, orientation of trade routes, location of ...