2009, ISBN: 9780801889820

"Préface du professeur Philippe Wolff. Ouvrage publié avec le concours du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique." "Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales." In… Mehr…

"Préface du professeur Philippe Wolff. Ouvrage publié avec le concours du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique." "Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales." In French. Section headings: Le Document; Le Moment du Catasto; Population et Fortunes; Comportements Démographiques et Milieu Social; Les Images de la Famille; 5 appendices; Bibliographie, pages 665-686; Index, 671-703. 10 leaves, [5]-703 pages, tables, charts, diagrams; 25 cm. White boards stamped in gold, protected in clear plastic jacket; minor shelf-soiling to front bottom of textblock visible only from underneath; near Fine. Stock#ofc0571., Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques., 1978, 4, "An economic history of medieval and Renaissance Florence at once focuses on a single city and opens a perspective on all of Europe. At home, the city had a textile industry that was as strong as any in Europe yet completely dependent on the importation of raw materials from faraway places and on the exportation of its finished products to altogether different faraway places, while the success of its artisan sector was celebrated throughout Italy and Europe for all that the city's very name still conjures up for art lovers today. Abroad, its entrepreneurs built up the most extensive international network of commerce and banking in western Europe, in the process establishing their florin as a universal money standard. They also moved into the courts of some of Europe's most prominent rulers to serve as government financiers. Much of the early history of capitalism is written around the activities of these men..." xviii, 649 pages, index; 24 cm. New in New dust jacket. Stock#ofc0655., Johns Hopkins University Press., 2009, 6<

ISBN: 9780801889820

Hardback, [PU: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS], Clarifies and explains the complex workings of Florence's commercial, banking, and artisan sectors. This book focuses on the urban economy … Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS], Clarifies and explains the complex workings of Florence's commercial, banking, and artisan sectors. This book focuses on the urban economy of Florence itself, including various industries, merchants, artisans, and investors., Economic History, Economic History<