The Venetian Money Market: Banks, Panics, and the Public Debt, 1200-1500

This book has been brought to publication with the generous assistance of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

Front case stamping: Lira Tron of 1472.

For a full description, see figure 8b in Chapter 5.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Mueller, Reinhold C.

The Venetian money market: banks, panics, and the public debt,

1200–1500 / Reinhold C. Mueller.

p.     cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

ISBN 0-8018-5437-7 (alk. paper)

1. Money — Italy — Venice — History. 2. Banks and banking — Italy — Venice — History. 3. Money market — Italy — Venice — History. 4. Economic history — Medieval, 500–1500. 5. Economic history — 16th century. 6. Renaissance — Italy — Venice. I. Title.

HG1040.V46M84 1997

332.1′0945′31 — dc21

96-36921

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