Medici Money
Art patrons
Kreditwesen
Art, italian
Italian Art
Art, renaissance
Art patronage
Renaissance Art
Banks and banking
History
Their name is a byword for immense wealth and power, but before their renown as art patrons and noblemen, the Medicis built their fortune on banking. Banking in the fifteenth century, even at the height of the Renaissance, meant running afoul of the Catholic Church's prohibition against usury. It re…
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