El valor de la aritmética mercantil en el desarrollo de las técnicas mercantiles medievales

espanolEl objetivo de este trabajo es fijarnos en la rapida difusion de la aritmetica mercantil por Europa Occidental en la Baja Edad Media. Los manuales de la nueva disciplina debian formar profesionales preparados para afrontar los desafios y transformaciones que el comercio y la banca exigian. La formacion era causa del exito profesional. Lectura, escritura y calculo resultaban imprescindibles. EnglishThe aim of this essay is to highlight the fast dissemination of mercantile arithmetic throughout Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages. The manuals of the new discipline had to prepare men capable of addressing the challenges and transformations that trade and banking demanded. Training was the cause of professional success. Reading, writing and calculation skills were essential.