Jewish Bankers and the Holy See (RLE: Banking & Finance)

From the Thirteenth to the Seventeenth Century

By:

Leon Poliakov

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Hardback

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Banking & Finance

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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 protection enjoyed by the Jews from the Holy See had not only theological, but also economic roots. The study ends with an account of the introduction of modern, ‘capitalist’ techniques and of the consequent inevitable decline of the Jewish money trade.

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Release date Australia

May 25th, 2012

Author

Leon Poliakov

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributor

Translated by Miriam Kochan

Pages

290

Series

Routledge Library Editions: Banking & Finance

Dimensions

156x234x18

ISBN-13

9780415523271

Product ID

19311878

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