The Price Revolution of the 16th century has been the subject of one of the most enduringdebates in European historiography and, more recently, in the historiography of the worldeconomy. That European prices, expressed in grams of silver, increased by more than 100percent—and in some countries, by more than 200 percent—from the beginning ofthe 16th century to the middle of the 17th century has been well established and broadly accepted.In countries that experienced currency debasements, overall inflation was proportionately higher,reaching, in some cases, 600 percent or more for the entire period.