The Fuggers of Augsburg : pursuing wealth and honor in Renaissance Germany / Mark Haberlein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Häberlein, Mark.

Series:

Studies in early modern German history.

Studies in early modern German history

Standardized Title:

Fugger. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renaissance--Germany--Augsburg.

Renaissance.

Capitalists and financiers--Germany--Augsburg--Biography.

Capitalists and financiers.

Wealth--Germany--Augsburg--History.

Wealth.

Honor--Germany--Augsburg--History.

Honor.

Augsburg (Germany)--Biography.

Augsburg (Germany).

Augsburg (Germany)--Social conditions.

Augsburg (Germany)--Economic conditions.

Europe--Commerce--History--To 1500.

Europe.

Europe--Commerce--History--16th century.

Fugger family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Their story therefore provides a window on social mobility, cultural patronage, religion, and values during the Renaissance and the Reformation.

Contents:

Fugger ("von der Lilie") Genealogy : Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries

The Fugger Family in Late Medieval Augsburg

Jakob Fugger the Rich : The Making of an Enterprise, 1485-1525

Anton Fugger, the House of Habsburg, and the European World Economy, 1525-1560

Decline or Reorientation? The Fugger Firms, 1560-1650

Servants and Masters : The Personnel of the Fugger Companies

Patronage and Self-Display

The Fuggers in Sixteenth-Century Urban Society

Citizens and Noblemen : Investment Strategies, Career Patterns, and Lifestyles.

Notes:

"Originally published in German as Die Fugger : Geschichte einer Augsburger Familie, 1367-1650, c2006"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613584694

9781280489464

1280489464

9780813932583

0813932580

OCLC:

793899309