{"product_id":"the-venetian-money-market-banks-panics-and-the-public-debt-12001500-9781421431437","title":"The Venetian Money Market  Banks Panics and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the kind of book that is all too rare in modern historical scholarship. It is at once meticulously researched, granitically organized, perceptively argued, and eminently readable. The last is no mean achievement when one considers the subject matter. Banks, investments, credit, and debt may be important for our understanding of medieval and Renaissance Italy, but as anyone who has balanced a checkbook or read an annuity report can attest, it can all be dreadfully boring. Not so here.\u003cbr\u003e—Thomas FMadden, \u003ci\u003eSixteenth Century Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is an outstanding example of meticulous, readable, wide-ranging scholarship . . . [It] is careful . . . brilliant study.\u003cbr\u003e—John E. Dotson, \u003ci\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a mine of information and a most reliable guide to the Venetian Money Market. For many years to come it will constitute an essential tool for an serious study related to the history of Venice and its economy.\u003cbr\u003e—Benjamin Arbel, \u003ci\u003eMediterranean Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003eList of Tables \u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Local Banks and Bankers: The Institutional Side \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. From Moneychanging to Deposit Banking \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Supervision and Regulation of Banking \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Organization and Operation of Banking Enterprises \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. The Vagaries of Deposit Banking: A History Seen Through Panics, Bankruptcies, and Liquidations \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Bank Failures in the Trecento \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Bank Failures in the Quattrocento \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Making of the Panic of 1499-1500 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. The Money Market and Foreign Exchange \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Florentine Merchant Bankers and Their Community \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Exchange and the Money Market \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Public Debt and Private Wealth: The Floating Debt \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Grain Office: A \"Swiss Bank\" for the Nest Eggs ofTerraferma Lords, a Quasi-Public Bank for Venetians\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Bank Loans to the State in the Fifteenth Century \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. Public Debt and Private Wealth: Forced Loans and Marketable Credits \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Venice's Monte Vecchio: An Overview \u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Criteria Employed in Assessing Patrimonies \u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. Family and Finance: Forced Loans and the Open Market at Work\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendixes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739135684951,"sku":"9781421431437","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-venetian-money-market-banks-panics-and-the-public-debt-12001500-9781421431437","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}