03317nam 22005895 450 991016302940332120250617000009.09783319419985331941998610.1007/978-3-319-41998-5(CKB)3710000001045299(MiAaPQ)EBC4797385(DE-He213)978-3-319-41998-5(Perlego)3493676(EXLCZ)99371000000104529920170201d2016 u| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAlessandro Torlonia The Pope's Banker /by Daniela Felisini1st ed. 2016.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (276 pages) illustrationsPalgrave Studies in the History of Finance,2662-51729783319419978 3319419978 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Chapter 1: The origins and rise of the Torlonia family and bank -- Chapter 2: Alessandro Torlonia: a passion of business -- Chapter 3: The Pope's banker -- Chapter 4: A banker of European stature -- Chapter 5: Prince and entrepreneur -- Chapter 6: Torlonia, witness to a century.This book provides a vivid biography of a towering Italian banker, pioneer and entrepreneur. It weaves the entrepreneurial ventures of Alessandro Torlonia (1800-1886) through the narratives of business and politics in the Nineteenth century, the growth of European financial markets and the decline of Papal power during the Italian Risorgimento. The discussion is founded in rigorous historical research using original sources such as the Archivum Secretum Vaticanum papers and other official documents; the archives of the Torlonia family, and of the Rothschild bank in Paris; memoirs; correspondences, and newspapers. Through this book readers learn that Alessandro Torlonia was a man of many faces, who was one of the most complex and influential characters of Italian economic life in the nineteenth century. Felisini also provides an expert critique of the financial history of the papacy: an area of heightened interest given the notoriety of relations between the Holy See and its bankers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Focal topics such as the history of European elites and the history of European financial markets will have an interdisciplinary appeal for scholars and researchers. .Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance,2662-5172FinanceHistoryFinancial services industryItalyHistoryFinancial HistoryFinancial ServicesHistory of ItalyFinance.History.Financial services industry.ItalyHistory.Financial History.Financial Services.History of Italy.332.10945Felisini Danielaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut622767BOOK9910163029403321Alessandro Torlonia2240002UNINA