Capitalismo na Europa Medieval: a contabilidade impulsionou o genuíno espírito capitalista?

Autores

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8069.2022.e72126

Resumo

O propósito deste ensaio teórico é analisar se a contabilidade impulsionou, de forma genuína, a prática capitalista europeia medieval por meio do método da dupla entrada. O estudo centra-se entre os séculos XIII a XVIII, com retorno à Antiguidade. O método é dialético-historial como exame dos fatos. As inferências foram feitas a partir da tese de Sombart, cuja ideia é de que o capitalismo europeu medieval só foi possível por causa da contabilidade de dupla entrada. Em contrapartida, Yamey contesta essa posição. De outra parte, para Sanandaji, o capitalismo não nasceu na Europa medieval, mas na Antiguidade. Este ensaio detectou evidências em Guanzi, Artha??stra e Ciropédia, ao apontarem marcas do capitalismo no mundo antigo. Mattessich revela que, no mundo antigo, já existia o princípio da dualidade, responsável pelo registro das transações negociais daquela época. As reflexões alcançadas sugerem afirmar que a contabilidade contribuiu tanto para a prática capitalista medieval na Europa quanto para o mundo antigo. Tais evidências insinuam a ausência de um espírito europeu genuíno tanto para o método contábil quanto para o capitalismo, na medida em que os elementos, pretensamente, genuínos foram trazidos da Ásia e do Oriente, como: a aritmética comercial e as regras de escrituração contábil.

Biografia do Autor

Valerio Nepomuceno, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)

Mestre em Contabilidade (UFU)

Professor do UNIPAM-Centro Universitário de Patos de Minas, Patos de Minas/MG, Brasil

Ilírio José Rech, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)

Doutor em Contabilidade e Controladoria pela FEA (USP)

Professor do Programa de Mestrado em Ciências Contábeis (UFG), Goiânia/GO, Brasil

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2022-01-27

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Nepomuceno, V., & Rech, I. J. (2022). Capitalismo na Europa Medieval: a contabilidade impulsionou o genuíno espírito capitalista? . Revista Contemporânea De Contabilidade, 19(50), 03–16. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8069.2022.e72126

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