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ISBN:
9780511528798
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This 1994 book presents a detailed description and history of one of the most famous companies of the early fourteenth century. This analysis of the Peruzzi Company produces a radical reassessment of what made the Florentine 'super-companies' so exceptional: commodity trading, especially in grain, which required heavy capital, sophisticated organisation, and an international network. But the book also exposes the limitations of their financial power, and explodes the myth that the collapse of the Peruzzi and its joint-venture partner, the Bardi, was caused by bad loans to Edward III made to finance his invasions of France
Content:
pt. I. Anatomy of the medieval super-company. 1. The company and the family. 2. The nature of the business. 3. The structure of the Peruzzi Company. 4. The accounting of the Peruzzi Company -- pt. II. History of the Peruzzi Company from its reorganization in 1300. 5. The prosperous years, 1300-1324. 6. The decline begins, 1325-1335. 7. The critical years, 1335-1340. 8. The collapse, 1340-1343. 9. The aftermath -- App.: I Genealogical charts of the Peruzzi family -- App.: II Peruzzi Company balances at July 1, 1335 -- App.: III Peruzzi Company and shareholder data -- App.: IV Exchange rate trends -- App.: V Giovanni Villani: his background and reliability
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521461566
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521894159
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Print version ISBN 9780521461566
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511528798
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