The Architecture of Banking in Renaissance Italy

ISBN: 9781108584487 出版年：2019 页码：258 Lauren Jacobi Cambridge University Press

Over the course of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, european society confronted rapid monetization, a process that has been examined in depth by economic historians. Less well understood is the development of architecture to meet the needs of a burgeoning mercantile economy in the late middle ages and early modern period. In this volume, lauren jacobi explores some of the repercussions of early capitalism through a study of the location and types of spaces that were used for banking and minting in florence and other mercantile centers in europe.