The architecture of banking in Renaissance Italy : constructing the spaces of money / Lauren Jacobi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Main entry:

Jacobi, Lauren, 1975- author.

Title & Author:

The architecture of banking in Renaissance Italy : constructing the spaces of money / Lauren Jacobi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
©2019

Description:

xiv, 241 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : money at work -- Networked agglomerations -- The technology of money, architecture, and the public good -- Across economic geographies : trade sites beyond the peninsula -- The transcendental economy.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.
"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. Examining the historical relationships between banks and religious behavior, she also analyzes how urban geographies and architectural forms reveal moral attitudes toward money during the onset of capitalism. Jacobi's book offers new insights into the spaces and locations where pre-industrial European banking and minting transpired, as well as the impact of religious concerns and financial tools on those sites." -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781108483223 hardcover
1108483224 hardcover
9781108716567 paperback
1108716563 paperback

Subject:

Bank buildings Italy History.
Mints Italy History.
Architecture and society Italy History.
Banks and banking Italy History.
Renaissance Italy.
Architecture et société Italie Histoire.
Renaissance Italie.
ARCHITECTURE / General.
Architecture and society.
Bank buildings.
Banks and banking.
Mints.
Renaissance.
Architektur
Bankgebäude
Finanzplatz
Wirtschaftsgeografie
Italy.
Europa
Florenz
1250-1600

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306287
Call No.: BIB 251909
Status: Available

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