Jewish bankers and the Holy See : from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century / Leon Poliakov ; translated from the French by Miriam Kochan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poliakov, Léon, 1910-1997, author.

Contributor:

Kochan, Miriam.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Banking & Finance

Routledge library editions. Banking & finance ; v. 28

Standardized Title:

Banquiers juifs et le Saint-SieÌge du 13e au 17e sieÌcle. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking--Italy--History.

Banks and banking.

Jewish bankers--History.

Jewish bankers.

Jews--Italy--History.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Jewish community in Rome is the oldest in Europe, the only one to have existed continuously for over 2,000 years. This detailed study of the Jewish banking community in Italy is therefore of special value and interest. Poliakov's classic account of the rise and fall of the Jewish bankers is at the same time the story of medieval finance in general, its decline, and the birth of 'modern' finance. The author traces the economic and theological implication of each stage in the ambiguous relationship that developed between the Jewish money trade and the Holy See. He shows that the protectio

Contents:

pt. 1. The rise of the Jewish money trade

pt. 2. The techniques of the Jewish money trade

pt. 3. The decline of the Jewish money trade.

Notes:

First published in English in 1977 by Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Translation of Banquiers juifs et le Saint-SieÌge du 13e au 17e sieÌcle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-30069-4

1-280-68481-X

9786613661753

0-203-11681-X

1-136-30070-8

9780203116814

OCLC:

804662458