Minisode: Banking

Tides of History

Audible / Patrick Wyman

History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

We catch up a bit more on Jakob Fugger's personality - or lack thereof - along with some of the other important south German trading firms of the age, the development of the Antwerp financial market, and the connection between banking and the patronage of Renaissance art.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Tides of History, add free on Amazon Music.
0:04.2	Download the app today.
0:06.2	Hi, everybody.
0:16.7	Welcome to another episode of Tides of History, a mini-sode.
0:20.1	In today's episode, Leah and I are going to chat about a few things that got left out
0:24.9	of our previous two episodes, things that we didn't have time for, things that got cut
0:28.5	out.
0:29.5	We're going to talk a little bit more about Yakub Fugger himself.
0:32.4	We're going to talk about the Antwerp Financial markets.
0:34.0	We're going to talk a little bit at the very end about Renaissance art and how all these
0:38.6	rich people put their money to some very aesthetically pleasing uses.
0:42.2	Yeah, and you know what?
0:43.7	You know what?
0:44.7	I have a question.
0:45.7	We spent a whole episode on Yakub Fugger and we did not talk about Yakub Fugger.
0:49.8	What's the deal?
0:50.8	Well, it's because Yakub Fugger isn't that interesting.
0:53.6	What?
0:54.6	Yeah, no, I mean, I can see that.
0:56.6	He sounds kind of boring.
0:58.2	I mean, like, Cosimo Medici, I can see clearly in my mind.
1:01.0	He exists as this very cool cloaked.
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