Chapter Les Salviati et le troc monétarisé: des pratiques courantes au XVe siècle entre la Méditerranée et le Nord-Ouest de l’Europe

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Scherman, Matthieu
Language
French
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Abstract
The great merchant-bankers of the Italian peninsula, particularly the Florentines, were renowned for their accounting and technical expertise. The double-entry system they used to keep their accounts is proof of their 'modernity'. It is therefore interesting to look at the practice of doing business by exchanging goods rather than by paying in cash or using bookkeeping entries as a means of balancing the books, a practice that has existed for a very long time in all areas of trade and commerce. The Salviati family of Florence is a privileged observatory for analysing trade and commercial practices, thanks to the preservation of their accounts, particularly for their branch opened in London in 1445.
URI
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96422
Keywords
Salviati; London; Bruges; Florence; Bookeeping
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0347-0.17
ISBN
9791221503470, 9791221503470
Publisher
Firenze University Press
Publisher website
https://www.fupress.com/
Publication date and place
Florence, 2024
Series
Datini Studies in Economic History, 4
Classification
Economic history
Pages
12
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/