The Early Modern Law and Morality of the Financial Market. An In-depth Analysis of Robertus Bellarminus’ and Leonardus Lessius’ teachings and writings ‘On Justice and Law’ KU Leuven
The rise of capitalism in the early modern period urged scholars to come up with a new normative framework to accommodate new commercial and financial transactions. This PhD project concentrates on the transformation of the Catholic morality and law of the marketplace prompted by these events in the Low Countries. Student notebooks featuring the teachings on law and economics by the Jesuit theologians Robert Bellarmine and Leonardus Lessius ...