Cover von "Florentine Banks in Germany" von Kurt Weissen

How to Cite

Weissen, Kurt: Florentine Banks in Germany: The Market Strategies of the Alberti, Medici, and Spinelli, 1400–1475, translated by Kristina Mundall and Nigel Stephenson, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2024. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1284

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ISBN 978-3-96822-246-2 (PDF)
ISBN 978-3-96822-247-9 (Hardcover)

Published

12/12/2024

Authors

Kurt Weissen , Kristina Mundall (Transl.), Nigel Stephenson (Transl.)

Florentine Banks in Germany

The Market Strategies of the Alberti, Medici, and Spinelli, 1400–1475

"Florentine Banks in Germany" offers a thorough examination of the market strategies employed by the influential Florentine banking families Alberti, Medici, and Spinelli from 1400 to 1475. Kurt Weissen reveals how these powerful merchants navigated the challenges and opportunities of the German market, facilitating key financial transfers between Germany and the Roman Curia. By leveraging advanced banking practices and building extensive networks across Europe, they played a crucial role in shaping medieval trade and finance, leaving a lasting impact on the development of economic systems in the early modern period, particularly within the realms of commerce and banking.

Kurt Weissen completed his habilitation at the University of Basel in 2001 and was associate professor of Medieval History at the Department of History at the Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg from 2007 to 2019. He works on issues relating to the banking and social history of Florence in the late Middle Ages and early modern period.

Chapters

Table of Contents
Pages
PDF
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Title
i-iv
Dedication
v
Contents
vii-xii
Acknowledgements
1-2
1 Introduction
3-32
2 Market Attractiveness
33-62
3 Ways of Transferring Money
63-99
4 Curia-Based Banks Active in the German Marketplace
101-184
5 Market Spaces
185-381
6 Market Space Strategies
383-403
7 Conclusion: Market Allocation
405-412
8 Excursus: Trading Practices
413-449
9 Appendix
451-556

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