具体描述
全书分5篇13章与7个附录。第1篇有3章:首章介绍格雷欣家族事业的多角化经营,与王室的长期密切关系。第2章解说为何王室需要代理人,格雷欣之前两位代理人的业绩。第3章解说格雷欣担任代理人期间,遭遇的波折与过程。
第2篇分2章,解说都铎的经济与财政背景。第4章综述三项背景。(1) 从英国长期的经济趋势来看,都铎有哪些阶段性的特点;(2) 解说都铎的铸币与贬值问题;(3) 国内外贸易的特点和业务规模。第5章分析王室的财务收支与困难,如何从铸币、出售王庄园林、卖官爵、颁授特许权,来弥补财务亏空。
第3篇(6、7章)解说欧陆的金融与贸易市场:安特卫普(Antwerp)为何能成为16世纪的国际金融中心?安卫普的金主如何贷款给各国君主?
第4篇(8-11章)分析格雷欣对外债与内债的贡献。第8章以具体细节,说明他替英国筹到多少资金,遇到哪些困难,作出哪些重要贡献。第9章提出1528-68年间的英镑汇率变动图,论证英国当时的财务实力,尚不足以在安特卫普操纵英镑汇率。第10章说明他对内债、货币重铸、外汇委员会,有哪些见解与建议。第11章析述他在外交危机协商、情报工作、採购军火的贡献。
第5篇(12-13章)评价格雷欣的贡献,对比继任代理人的表现。书末有七项附录:(1) 格雷欣兴建的皇家交易所;(2) 格雷欣学院;(3) 海外探险商人;(4) 格雷欣与伦敦布业商会;(5) 格雷欣的商业日志;(6) 格雷欣的传记;(7) 英国的货币与币值。最后另附:大事纪、文献解说、参考书目。
Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-79) was a remarkable Crown financier in Tudor England. This study begins with Tudor macroeconomic structure and micro evidence regarding England’s foreign debt in the 16th century. Detailed information will be used to illustrate Gresham’s manipulating of foreign exchange and negotiations with major European money lenders, and evaluate his contributions to mitigate Tudor foreign debt problems.
This monograph contains 13 chapters and 7 appendices.Two specific issues are examined and answered. (1) The structure of Tudor revenues and expenditures, to show how serious were the deficits. (2) How Gresham helped the Crown to arrange and defray foreign borrowings.
To save the cost of borrowings and repayments, Gresham asked the Crown several times to allow him to manipulate exchange rates of Pound Sterling in the Bourse of Antwerp. Most Tudor economic historians misinterpreted Gresham’s letters as if he was able to do so. Based the recent available exchange rate statistics, I present the trend of exchange rate of Pound Sterling (1537-68) and argue that Gresham was unlikely to manipulate the foreign exchange market in Antwerp. Gresham was boasting his proposals and it was a fortune that the Crown did not follow his project continuously.