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Record Nr.

UNISA996247868503316

Autore

Lane Frederic Chapin <1900-1984.>

Titolo

Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissance Venice : Volume I: Coins and Moneys of Account / . Volume 1 / [[electronic resource] ] / Frederic C. Lane, Reinhold C. Mueller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1985

ISBN

0-8018-3157-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 684 p. ) : ill., maps ;

Altri autori (Persone)

MuellerReinhold C

Disciplina

332.1/0945/31

Soggetti

Money

Economic history

Banks and banking

Economic history - 16th century

Banks and banking - Italy - Venice - History

Money - Italy - Venice - History

History

Italy Venice

Venice (Italy) Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License

Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.

Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press 1985.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 637-670) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. The Background -- Part II. Venice's Moneys, Bullion Market, and Mint.

Sommario/riassunto

Frederic C. Lane and Reinhold C. Mueller, in the first volume of Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissance Venice, discuss Venice's economic achievement in terms of the complex system the city's inhabitants developed to manage moneys of account and coins. Money merchants of Venice developed a system whereby a premium attached to moneys of account acted as a stabilizing force and allowed merchants to engage in long-term trade. This system, according to the



authors, helped establish Venice as a dominant city-state in international trade and exchange. This book outlines the development and success of this system through 1508. At the time it was first published, this book made a significant contribution to the history of money and economics by underscoring the large role that Venice played in the economic history of the West and the ascendance of capitalism as a structuring force of society.