Accounting at Durham Cathedral Priory, 1st ed. 2015 Management and Control of a Major Ecclesiastical Corporation 1083-1540 Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Series

This study utilizes the rich archives which survive at Durham Cathedral to examine the way in which accounting methods and systems were adopted and adapted to manage income and expenses, assets and liabilities in changing economic environments.

List Of Tables
List Of Appendices
Acknowledgements
Notes On Referencing And Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Durham Cathedral Priory 1083-1540
2. Economic, Bureaucratic And Religious Developments And Reforms 1083-1540
3. The Corpus Of Accounting Material, Supplementary Sources And Key Questions
4. Rentals, Compoti, Status, And Other Documentary Forms
5. Debtors, Creditors And Financial Management
6. Accounting As A Management Tool
7. Monitoring And Conclusions
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Dr Alisdair Dobie is a senior lecturer in accounting at the University of Stirling. He studied history at Edinburgh and Durham universities and qualified as a chartered accountant with a major international accounting firm. He has published a range of papers relating to medieval accounting.