Handbook of Key Global Financial Markets, Institutions, and Infrastructure

Chapter 13

Genoese Finance, 1348–1700

C. Marsilio

Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Outline

Introduction

The Origins of the Genoese Public Debt (Twelfth–Twenty-fourth Centuries)

The Birth of the Officium Comperarum Sancti Georgii

The Governance of the Office of Saint George

The Birth of the Republic of Genoa

The Banking Activity of the House of Saint George

The Genoese Exchange Fairs

The New Debt of the Republic: The Creation of the Monti

Conclusion

Glossary

Further Readings

Relevant Websites

Introduction

More than a history of finance in Genoa, this chapter of financial and banking development in Genoa is a history of the Genoese people; it is the saga of an agreement made between a collection of families and individuals, who, ...