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The Medieval Super-Companies: A Study of the Peruzzi Company of Florence

The Medieval Super-Companies: A Study of the Peruzzi Company of Florence

Hardcover

Business GeneralGeneral European History

ISBN10: 0521461561
ISBN13: 9780521461566
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Sep 30 1994
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.23 Depth: 9.35
Language: English
This book breaks new ground by presenting a detailed description and history of one of the most famous companies of the early fourteenth century. This analysis of the Peruzzi Company produces a radical reassessment of what made the Florentine super-companies so exceptional: commodity trading, especially in grain, which required heavy capital, sophisticated organization, and an international network. But the book also exposes the limitations of their financial power, and explodes the myth that the collapse of the Peruzzi and its joint-venture partner, the Bardi, was caused by bad loans to Edward III to finance his invasions of France.

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