以《英格蘭銀行與十七世紀英國的銀行發展》為題，我假設英格蘭銀行成立這件歷史事實是整個十七世紀英國銀行發展的最終成就，以這個成就為參考點，探討十七世紀，尤其是十七世紀後半，英國銀行業的發展。
參考英格蘭銀行所具有的歷史特色，它是英國第一所公立銀行，是全歐洲第一個成功發行紙幣的銀行，後來也發展成英國的中央銀行，僅管這時它只是英國政府的財務代理人。我選擇了這三個明顯的歷史特色為切入點，由此研究十七世紀後半英國的銀行發展。
這三項特色分別構成本論文的第二、三、四章，而既然要以英格蘭銀行的成立為參考點，第一章中我將對英格蘭銀行的成立、法案的內容、早期的業務作介紹。
第二章，公立銀行的規劃與實踐。內容在探討英國人擁有什麼技術條件、在什麼樣的動機之下，晚了歐陸大約一百年之後，終於成立第一所公立銀行。這一章主旨在討論英格蘭銀行成立之前，英國銀行業在技術與規模上的發展程度，以構成創立英格蘭銀行的技術條件，以及在思想上對銀行的認知與對公立銀行的期盼，因此能構成創立的動機，最後再以英格蘭銀行的成立，檢討銀行的技術與理想在公立銀行上的實踐。
第三章，新形態貨幣理想的體現。主旨在探討傳統的信用工具如何在英國演變成近代紙幣。內容分為技術與思想兩方面，在技術上英國人所擁有的各類票據發行的經驗，是否足以整合出近代的紙幣；而思想上，我所注重的是在一個以金銀為貨幣的社會中，英國社會對以紙張代替金銀為交易媒介的認知，這一部份也可以代表英國社會對於紙質交易媒介的接受程度。最後，再由英格蘭銀行券的發行，檢討這些過往的經驗與思想在英格蘭銀行券上實行的結果，與英格蘭銀行券的創新。
第四章，英國政府的財務代理人。本章的主旨在討論銀行業與英國政府之間的互動關係，因為英格蘭銀行成立當時，沒有太多文字證據足以說明英格蘭銀行與英國政府間存在特別的關係，如此我期望過去銀行與英國政府的合作模式，能解釋一六九四年後英格蘭銀行與英國政府關係之建立。我在這一章中所討論的，不再侷限在銀行本身，而要討論到英國財政技術的演變以確認英國政府對銀行服務的需求，以及英國政府與銀行家交往過程中所遭遇的困難，英格蘭銀行則作為一個已知的、成功的例子，我將用以檢討其前輩的失敗與它自己成功的原因。

緒論
一、 英格蘭銀行之創立
二、 公立銀行的規劃與實踐
1. 公立銀行的必要性
2. 公立銀行模型的建立
3. 公立銀行理想的實驗
三、 新型態貨幣理想的體現
1. 紙幣成功發行的要素
2. 發行理論與銀行機制
3. 英格蘭銀行券與紙幣
四、 英國政府的財務代理人
1. 英國政府的財政問題
2. 英國國王的銀行家
3. 政府財政體系的新成員
結論

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