Given that he was a member of the famously ascetic Franciscan order with his own reputation for detachment from worldly things, St. Bernardine of Siena (1380-1444) was remarkably insightful about ...

Money has shaped civilizations for centuries, but in Medieval Europe, it didn’t work the way we think today. The rise of banking, trade credit, and money changers transformed the economy from a simple ...

A rare accounting document, half-concealed beneath a coat of arms design, has revealed the activities of Italian bankers working in early 15th century London, decades before the capital became a ...

What is Ripple? Well, it is both a digital currency and a payments protocol, and it is the latter that has got people excited. Ripple has been hitting the news recently, with banks saying it has ...

MINSK, 30 September (BelTA) - Two unique numismatic collections from the 15th century were added to the museum holdings of the National Bank, Chairman of the National Bank Roman Golovchenko said at ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article attempts to illustrate the use of computer databanks in history by examining the Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank (MEMDB). The ...

A rare accounting document, half-concealed beneath a coat of arms design, has revealed the activities of Italian bankers working in early 15th century London, decades before the capital became a ...