Italian merchant bankers in North-Western Europe in the late Middle Ages / Francesco Guidi-Bruscoli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guidi Bruscoli, Francesco, Author.

Series:

Collected studies

Variorum collected studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking, Italian--Europe, Western--History--To 1500.

Banks and banking, Italian.

Merchant banks--Italy--History--To 1500.

Merchant banks.

Bankers--Italy--History--To 1500.

Bankers.

Merchants--Italy--History--To 1500.

Merchants.

Commerce--History--Medieval, 500-1500.

Commerce.

Italy--Commerce--Great Britain.

Italy.

Great Britain--Commerce--Italy.

Great Britain.

Italy--Commerce--Benelux countries.

Benelux countries--Commerce--Italy.

Benelux countries.

Bankers--History.

Banks and banking--History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 278 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2026.

Summary:

"Italian merchants played a pivotal role in the international trade of England and the Low Countries during the late Middle Ages. While the field is well established, the examination of a vast array of Italian business sources kept in private and public archives offers important new insights. The ten studies in this volume (two published in English for the first time) reveal previously unknown sources. These are used to examine the role and activity of Italians in London and Bruges. Most of the volume is devoted to the Italian communities in England, many of whom were merchants. They are discussed not only for the role they played in English foreign trade, but also for their model of settlement, their relationship with the local population and for the institutions they established. Given the near absence of surviving English business records prior to 1500, this book also provides valuable material for those interested in English mercantile activity. Many indigenous merchants feature in the financial accounts of Italian banks. Italian Merchant Bankers in North-Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages will be of value to economic historians of England and the Low Countries, and, more broadly, to students and scholars interested in late medieval trade and finance"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Trade and navigation between the Atlantic and Mediterranean worlds in the late Middle Ages

Francesco Datini's trade with Northern Europe (c. 1380-1410)

Florentine merchant-bankers between London and Bruges in the fifteenth century

Unearthing a lost fragment : the account-book of Domenico Villani & Partners of London, 1422-24

A Milanese bank in London and Bruges in the 1430s : Filippo Borromei & Partners

When did Antwerp replace Bruges as the commercial and financial centre of north-western Europe? The evidence of the Borromei ledger for 1438

John Cabot and his Italian financiers

A Chancery petition presented by two Italian merchants in c. 1490 : Aldobrandino Tanagli and Francesco Cattani

Perception, identity, and culture : The Italian communities in fifteenth-century London and Southampton revisited

London and its merchants in the Italian archives, 1380-1530.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Guidi Bruscoli, Francesco Italian merchant bankers in North-Western Europe in the late Middle Ages

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781032870717

1032870710

9781032870731

1032870737

OCLC:

1559779750

Publisher Number:

CIPO000366005