Banking Through the Ages

AARON OF LINCOLN ancient Aragon assignats Athens Babylonian BANK OF ENGLAND Bank of St bankers guild Barcelona barter became bills bullion CALIFORNIA centre CHAPTER Charles civilization coinage coins commercial conquest copper Crusade currency Dandalo depositor developed DEVELOPMENT OF BANKING ducats early Egypt Empire England established Europe exchange fleet Florence florins France funds Genoa George gold and silver grain Greece Greek guilders hundred important India issue Italian Jewish Jews King land Landgrave later legal tender lend livres loans London Lorenzo Louis Louis XVI Maier mediaeval Medici ment merchants modern money changers money lenders Napoleon Nathan national debt Norsemen paid Palmstruch payment period profit prosperity raid ranean received records red shield Republic revolution Roman Roman Republic Rome Rothschild safe deposit vaults shekel Spain sueldos tally stick taxes Temple tion to-day trade treasure UNIV usury Venetian Venice Vikings Visby wealth