The Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church as a credit institution in the 17th century

The chapter presents the credit activity of the Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church based on the analysis of the financial registers of the authorities of the Lithuanian Evangelical Church. The documents include, among others, records of donations on behalf of the confessional community, endowments for specific churches, and loans given by the Lithuanian Calvinist Church to its believers. The authors focus on such issues as ways of accepting the loans by borrowers as well as the struggle of the loaners to get their loaned money payed back.