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Offline Erik

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Re: More inhabitants of my Medieval universe.
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2012, 12:44:39 »
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Very nice klicky's!  :)

But for historic accuracy, were there already bankers in the middle ages?

Banking in the modern sense of the word can be traced to medieval and early Renaissance Italy, to the rich cities in the north like Florence, Venice and Genoa. The Bardi and Peruzzi families dominated banking in 14th century Florence, establishing branches in many other parts of Europe.Perhaps the most famous Italian bank was the Medici bank, set up by Giovanni Medici in 1397.The earliest known state deposit bank, Banco di San Giorgio (Bank of St. George), was founded in 1407 at Genoa, Italy.

The word bank was borrowed in Middle English from Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca, from Old High German banc, bank "bench, counter". Benches were used as desks or exchange counters during the Renaissance by Florentine bankers, who used to make their transactions atop desks covered by green tablecloths.
One of the oldest items found showing money-changing activity is a silver Greek drachm coin from ancient Hellenic colony Trapezus on the Black Sea, modern Trabzon, c. 350–325 BC, presented in the British Museum in London. The coin shows a banker's table (trapeza) laden with coins, a pun on the name of the city. In fact, even today in Modern Greek the word Trapeza (Τράπεζα) means both a table and a bank.Thank you Wikipedia!

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Re: More inhabitants of my Medieval universe.
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2012, 18:14:33 »
 :love:  :love:  :love: very lovely indeed
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Re: More inhabitants of my Medieval universe.
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2012, 01:24:07 »
Thanks, all!!! :)
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Re: More inhabitants of my Medieval universe.
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2012, 05:40:39 »
Wonderful looking customs, Erik.  All, bankers included, look very regal. :)9
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Re: More inhabitants of my Medieval universe.
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2012, 10:07:51 »
I believe the knights templar started with the early concepts of banking, although they did not have real banks at the time.

It's pretty much the reason they where put to death by the french king, he owed them lots of money and didnt want to pay so used his influence on the pope to accuse them of heresy, they where tortured long enough untill they confessed to whatever they where told to say by their captors.


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Re: More inhabitants of my Medieval universe.
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2012, 10:57:40 »
I believe the knights templar started with the early concepts of banking, although they did not have real banks at the time.



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Re: More inhabitants of my Medieval universe.
« Reply #16 on: February 17, 2012, 03:49:34 »
Yes, since so many knights were reputed to flee to Switzerland,
historians debate that they may be the cause of the Swiss banking system.
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Re: More inhabitants of my Medieval universe.
« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2012, 07:20:09 »
Nice customs, Erik!

assembled kings of four of my "good" kingdoms.

How many kingdoms are there?! Does each have it's castle?!  :o

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Re: More inhabitants of my Medieval universe.
« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2012, 13:23:36 »
Nice customs, Erik!

How many kingdoms are there?! Does each have it's castle?!  :o

Five kingdoms, two military religious orders, and four evil baronies.They all tend to switch castles now and again, lol-you never know how a siege ends! :)
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