The Salamanca School and the fair price theory: The Salamanca School and the fair price theory

This research sought to show that existed an intellectual tradition, the School of Salamanca, that was inserted in a historical context of great commercial development worldwide, produced a significant number of works aimed at explaining commercial and financial activities. Contemporary to mercantil...

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Authors: Carvalho, Suelem Halim Nardo de, Alexandre, Luís Fernando Pessoa
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2025
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES)
Repository:Caminhos da História (Montes Claros. Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.periodicos.unimontes.br:article/8802
Online Access:https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/caminhosdahistoria/article/view/8802
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Escola de Salamanca
Justo Preço
História
Escolástica
Usura
Salamanca School
Fair Price
History
Scholasticism
Usury
Escuela de Salamanca
Precio Justo
Historia
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Summary:This research sought to show that existed an intellectual tradition, the School of Salamanca, that was inserted in a historical context of great commercial development worldwide, produced a significant number of works aimed at explaining commercial and financial activities. Contemporary to mercantilist economic policies, salmantine authors, among other contributions, stood out for the development of a fair price theory. Before the authors of Classical Political Economy elaborated the first discussions about what the fair price of all things would be, in the 16th and 17th centuries the Iberian scholastics, members of the School of Salamanca, dedicated themselves to the study and understanding of justice or absence of it in buying and selling relationships between individuals.