Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The closed arena and the open gate
  • Opening the way, 1450-1650
  • Feats of merchandise
  • Mere merchants
  • Organizing the society
  • In a worshipful state, 1450-1650
  • The navel of the world
  • The sanctification of power
  • Little businesses
  • Looking backward
  • The capitalism of the spirit, 1650-1700
  • A shoemaker's holiday
  • Registering the pilgrimage
  • The spirit world
  • Conclusion: The widening gate of capitalism.