The Origin and Early History of Insurance Including The Contract..

2010. ISBN-13: 9781584779322; ISBN-10: 1584779322. The Ancient and Medieval Roots of Insurance Trenerry, C.F. Gover, Ethel L., and Agnes S. Paul, Editors. The Origin and Early History of Insurance Including The Contract of Bottomry. London: P.S. King & Son, 1926. xiv, 330 pp. Reprinted 2009, 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779322. ISBN-10: 1584779322. Hardcover. New. $95. * Reprint of the sole edition. A title in the series Studies in Economics and Political Science. This richly detailed history examines the origin and development of the contract of Bottomry and Respondentia down to the 11th century CE, forms of insurance in the ancient world and the evolution of medieval insurance in the Low Countries from the family group system to its modern successors.