The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank, 1397-1494Beard Books, 1999 - 500 Seiten A classic history of banking and trade in the medieval period, combining superb research and analysis with graceful writing. The Medici Bank was the most powerful banking house of the 15th century. Headquartered in Florence, Italy, it established branches in Rome, Venice, Geneva, Lyons, Bruges, London, and many other cities. The bank served as financial agent of the Church, extended credit to monarchs, and facilitated international trade in Western Europe. By their personal influence and the use of their profits, the owners and administrators of the bank contributed significantly to the development of Florence as the greatest center of the Renaissance. |
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2 VENICE | 240 |
MEDICI ESTABLISHMENTS IN ITALY THE BRANCHES IN NAPLES MILAN AND PISA | 254 |
2 MILAN | 261 |
3 PISA | 275 |
BRANCHES OF THE MEDICI BANK OUTSIDE ITALY GENEVA LYONS AND AVIGNON | 279 |
2 LYONS | 289 |
3 AVIGNON | 311 |
MEDICI BRANCHES OUTSIDE ITALY BRUGES AND LONDON | 317 |
THE LEGAL STATUS AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF THE MEDICI BANK | 77 |
2 BRANCH MANAGEMENT | 86 |
3 CORRESPONDENCE AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE | 96 |
4 TIME DEPOSITS | 100 |
BANKING AND THE MONEY MARKET AT THE TIME OF THE MEDICI | 108 |
THE MEDICI AS MERCHANTS AND AS DEALERS IN ALUM AND IRON | 142 |
2 THE ALUM MONOPOLY | 152 |
3 THE IRON ORE OF ELBA | 164 |
THE MEDICI AS INDUSTRIAL ENTREPRENEURS | 167 |
THE MEDICI AND THE FINANCIAL BUSINESS OF THE PAPACY THE ROME BRANCH OF THE MEDICI BANK | 194 |
MEDICI ESTABLISHMENTS IN ITALY THE TAVOLA IN FLORENCE AND THE FONDACO IN VENICE | 225 |
2 THE LONDON BRANCH FROM 1451 TO 1480 | 325 |
3 THE BRUGES BRANCH FROM 1451 TO 1473 | 338 |
4 THE DIFFICULTIES WITH TOMMASO PORTINARI 14731481 AND THE DISASTROUS LIQUIDATION OF THE BRUGES AND LONDON B... | 346 |
THE DECLINE 14641494 | 357 |
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE GENERAL MANAGERS AND BRANCH MANAGERS OF THE MEDICI BANK | 377 |
LIST OF DATES AND EVENTS IMPORTANT FOR THE HISTORY OF THE MEDICI BANK | 380 |
GENEALOGICAL TABLES | 382 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 391 |
NOTES | 409 |
INDEX | 485 |
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Seite 409 - NSB Gras, Business and Capitalism; an Introduction to Business History (New York, 1939), p.
Seite 482 - Nelle altre sue private cose fu, quanto alla mercanzia, infelicissimo; perché per il disordine de' suoi ministri, i quali, non come privati, ma come principi le sue cose amministravano, in molte parti molto suo mobile fu spento; in modo che convenne che la sua patria di gran somma di danari 30 10 sovvenisse.
Seite 426 - Clauses forbidding gambling or carnal relations with women are also found in employment contracts of factors (Sapori, Studi, p. 762). Whether such clauses were strictly observed is doubtful, according to other evidence. 35. The galleys were considered such a safe mode of transportation that many merchants did not deem it necessary to take out insurance. Frederic C. Lane, Venetian Ships and Shipbuilders of the Renaissance (Baltimore, 1934), p. 26. 36. Grunzweig, Correspondance, p. xxv. 37. The total...
Seite 412 - GF PAGNINI, Della Decima e di varie altre gravezze imposte dal Comune di Firenze. Della moneta, e della mercatura de' Fiorentini fino al secolo XVI., Parte terza, Della mercatura de' Fiorentini, II, Lisbona e Lucca (ma Firenze, Bouchard), 1765.
Seite 412 - For this establishment, see R. de Roover, Money, Banking and Credit in Mediaeval Bruges (Cambridge, Mass., 1948), pp.
Seite 459 - Milanese currency, the ducat had risen from 82s. to 845. imp. between 1460 and 1464. 65. Camerani Documenti, pp. 115, 119, 121. All bills relate to dry exchange concluded with Angelo Simonetta, the ducal secretary. 66. Interest paid was charged to the account Discrezione and interest received was credited to the same. 67. The leniency is also noted by Tommaso Zerbi, Studi e problemi di storia economica. I. Credito ed interesse in Lombardia net secoli XIV e XV (Milan, '955).