Florentine Banks in Germany

“Florentine Banks in Germany” offers a thorough examination of the market strategies employed by the influential Florentine banking families Alberti, Medici, and Spinelli from 1400 to 1475. Kurt Weissen reveals how these powerful merchants navigated the challenges and opportunities of the German market, facilitating key financial transfers between Germany and the Roman Curia. By leveraging advanced banking practices and building extensive networks across Europe, they played a crucial role in shaping medieval trade and finance, leaving a lasting impact on the development of economic systems in the early modern period, particularly within the realms of commerce and banking.