IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 1140: Investments and Survival in Late Medieval Cities, II: Wealthy and Poor Public Institutions and Individuals in Italy
Wednesday 6 July 2022, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Giro: Medieval Finance Network |
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| Organiser: | Stephan Köhler, Historisches Institut, Universität Mannheim |
| Moderator/Chair: | Tony Moore, International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Centre, University of Reading |
| Paper 1140-a | A Financial Centre and Its Creditors: Siena in the 13th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Economics - Urban |
| Paper 1140-b | Financing the Eternal City: Public and Private Credit in 16th-Century Rome (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Urban, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 1140-c | Politics, Credit, and Public Spending in Bologna between the End of the 13th Century and the First Half of the 14th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Economics - Urban, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Public credit institutions satisfied the demands of governments, business corporations, or merchants. However, these specific forms of financial assets were only of interest for a specific - mostly the wealthier - part of the society and left out a large part of the population. To what extent the financial involvement of the private sector mattered, both within and outside from public credit institutions, is not known. By bringing together private funding and public bodies, the financial activities of (poor) households, families, and firms will be analysed against the backdrop of different financial needs and their solutions. |