Raymond de Rouver - The Rise and decline of the Medici Bank. Gift book bound in leather

Rouver de Raymond is a well-known economic historian of medieval Europe, whose scholarship explained why scholastic economic thought is best understood as a precursor to classical economic thought and is fully compatible with it.

The contents:

members of the medici family are widely known for their prominent role in the italian renaissance. However, their activities as bankers and merchants are poorly understood. although it was economic power that allowed them to seize political power and monopolize business in europe west of the rhine. Raymond de Rouver's extensive work is based on the rarest archival documents. it is dedicated to the medici bank - the most influential bank in europe in the 15th century-and is extremely important for understanding the economy, politics and social life of that time. it is also interesting that the history of the medici bank echoes the present day and enriches our knowledge of the origins of modern business.