Finance Masters:A Brief History of International Financial Centers in the Last Millennium

Olivier Coispeau
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Abstract: One thousand years ago, a handful of dynamic medieval city states developed trade at the frontier of capitalism. Their unique commercial ambition led to the emergence of finance capitals of international significance: Finance Masters. From the 11th century onward, international financial hubs, led by astute and bold merchant bankers and visionary leaders, inspired the numerous innovations that triggered economic revolutions in the last millennium and laid the ground for modern finance. This book explores not only classic financial centers, but also offshore financial centers and gambling centers to connect them to contemporary finance, and it also delves into the unique function of leading financial hubs to execute financial transactions over a wide geographical domain and transform the world economy.

Keywords: International Financial Centers; Geography Economics; History of Finance; History of Economics; Financial History; Economic History; Economic Thought (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
ISBN: 9789813108820
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 FROM THE ANNUAL FAIRS OF THE 11th CENTURY TO EARLY INTERNATIONAL BANKING , pp 1-45

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Ch 2 THE DOMINATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION , pp 47-81

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Ch 3 THE SHIFT TOWARDS THE NORTH OF EUROPE IN THE 16th CENTURY , pp 83-132

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Ch 4 THE TRANSATLANTIC NEW FINANCIAL ORDER IN THE 18th CENTURY , pp 133-199

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Ch 5 POOLS, BOTS AND TROLLS , pp 201-244

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Ch 6 UNINVITED GUEST TO THE PARTY , pp 245-293

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Ch 7 CONCLUSION , pp 295-334

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