1st Edition
Papal Banking in Renaissance Rome Benvenuto Olivieri and Paul III, 1534–1549
By Francesco Guidi Bruscoli
Copyright 2007
342 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
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Benvenuto Olivieri was a Florentine banker active in Rome during the first half of the sixteenth century. A self made man without any great family patrimony, he rose to prominence during the pontificate of Pope Paul III, becoming involved with a variety of papal enterprises which allowed him to get to the heart of the mechanisms governing the papal finances. Amassing a considerable fortune along... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part 1 Rome, Florence and the Olivieri: Florentines in Rome; The ascent of the Olivieri family. Part 2 Benvenuto Olivieri and the Apostolic Chamber: The depositary and loans to the pontiff; The papal public debt: venal offices and Monti; The customs of Rome; The provincial treasuries; Indirect and direct taxes; Other activities; The business turnover. Conclusion; Appendix; Manuscript sources; List of cited references; Index.
Biography
Francesco Guidi Bruscoli is Researcher in the Faculty of Economics at University of Florence, Italy.
’This study by Guidi Bruscoli is very important for both economic history and church history.’Renaissance Quarterly
