Banking Through the Ages: From the Romans to the Medicis, from the Dutch to the Rothschilds

Ages ancient Aragon assignats Athens Bank of St bankers guild Barcelona Bardi barter became bills bullion centre Century B. C. CHAPTER Charles Christian church cial civilization coinage coins commercial conquest copper corvees COSIMO Crusade currency Dandalo depositor DEVELOPMENT OF BANKING ducats early Egypt England Europe exchange fleet Florence florin France FRENCH REVOLUTION funds Genoa George gold and silver grain Greece Greek guilders hundred important India issue Italian Italy Jewish Jews King land Landgrave later legal tender livres loans London Lorenzo Louis Louis XVI Maier mediaeval Medici ment merchants modern money changers money lending Napoleon national debt nishka Norsemen organization paid Palmstruch payment perhaps period profit prosperity raid ranean received records Republic revolution Roman Empire Rome Rothschild safe deposit vaults shekel Spain sueldos tally stick taxes Temple tion to-day trade treasure usury Venetian Venice Vikings Visby wealth