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Krisztina Arany
Florentine Families in Hungary in the First Half of the Fifteenth Century
A prosopographic study of their economic and social strategies.
The study of Florentine-Hungarian economic relations in the first half of the fifteenth century provides a challenging opportunity to survey late medieval social and economic strategies and their adjustment to a specific regional situation. Florentine merchants were actively present with their trading and banking activity in medieval Europe whereas medieval Hungary played a notable role in the political and economic landscape of East-Central Europe during the reign of King Sigismund of Luxemburg (1387-1437).
Based on a prosopographic database the study investigates these businessmen’s economic and social background in Florence via in-depth case studies and quantitative research. Concentrating further on the community of foreign traders in Buda as a royal seat in formation, the study reviews also the competition between South German and Florentine traders.
An appendix includes the complete prosopographic database compiled for this research, being a collective biography of Florentine merchants and investors working in Hungary in the first half of the fifteenth century. Secondly it includes a list of business partners and transactions in Hungary in the debtors lists of the Florentine Catasto Records.
Solivagus-Verlag
Hardcover, format 148 mm x 210 mm, 400 pages, includes tables and maps, a prosopographic database and lists of transactions.
Language:English
ISBN:978-3-943025-45-3
58.00 €
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Keywords
Florence / Hungary / Medieval Italy / Trade / Prosopography / Finance / South German Traders / Buda / Catasto / Ricordanze / Mercanzia / 15. Century / Italy