‘A Wise Man Is Always Ready to Face a Disaster’. The Professional Skill of Genoese, Florentine and Portuguese Financial Operators in Seventeenth-Century Exchange Fairs
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4 mai 2017
- doi: 10.4000/books.igpde.3983
- eisbn: 9782821855656
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fiscalité trésorerie Europe monnaie Moyen Age Epoque moderne impôt emprunt public debt public finances tax policy History Economics (General) BUS023000 KCZSujets proches
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Claudio Marsilio, « ‘A Wise Man Is Always Ready to Face a Disaster’. The Professional Skill of Genoese, Florentine and Portuguese Financial Operators in Seventeenth-Century Exchange Fairs », Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique, ID : 10.4000/books.igpde.3983
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I. The Exchange Fairs: a Brief History The eleventh- and twelfth-century Flemish fairs held in the town of Bruges were the first examples of trade meetings organized on an international scale which promoted commercial exchange. A second example is the town of Antwerp which inherited, in a certain sense, the tradition of Bruges, though adopting more complex procedures that were better suited to the necessities of a growing economy. In the thirteenth century the Italian merchants from the towns...