Florence From The Medieval Period To The Renaissance: Exploring The Metaphysics Of Banking: Heretical Usurers - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

Florence, where the Italian Renaissance began, was an independent republic. It was also a banking and commercial capital and, after London and Constantinople, the third-largest city in Europe. Wealthy Florentines flaunted their money and power by becoming patrons, or supporters, of artists and intellectuals.

This book examines the Florentine perception of banking from a wide range of historical perspectives in order to trace the forces and agents that were responsible for its dramatic shift, from inexorable disapproval to dignified civic and cultural preeminence.

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