The article presents the contents of an annuity letter of a citizen of Steeg, who borrows money from a nobleman of the Viertälergebiet, which turned up in an online antiquarian bookshop. The transaction is confirmed by the aldermen of Bacharach. The entire document is one of the few late medieval sources for the history of the so-called…[Read more]

The poster presents an interim report on my currently running PhD project on the use of town books in late medieval small towns. Besides the methodical access and the special chances of town books, first results were presented on the basis of the oldest Guben town book of mixed content.