 | Early English newspapers - 1840 - 954 pages
...great power and rank which they held in the republic. This failure, and the expenses of the state in Lombardy, greatly reduced the wealth and condition...as had not been experienced before for many years. But, to add to the reverses of these companies, the King of France caused them and other Florentines... | |
 | Society of Antiquaries of London - Archaeology - 1840 - 572 pages
...great power and rank which they held in the republic. This failure, and the expenses of the state in Lombardy, greatly reduced the wealth and condition...a share of the commerce of Christendom, that upon then* fall every other merchant was suspected and distrusted. Our city of Florence, in consequence,... | |
 | Lewis Einstein - History - 1902 - 476 pages
...consequence of this, Florence received a great shock, and its wealth was perceptibly diminished, " for the Bardi and Peruzzi had held so large a share...every other merchant was suspected and distrusted." 1 In the beginning of the fourteenth century the Venetians began to make their appearance in England,... | |
 | Lewis Einstein - History - 1902 - 464 pages
...consequence of this, Florence received a great shock, and its wealth was perceptibly diminished, " for the Bardi and Peruzzi had held so large a share...every other merchant was suspected and distrusted." 1 In the beginning of the fourteenth century the Venetians began to make their appearance in England,... | |
 | Lewis Einstein - History - 1902 - 500 pages
...consequence of this, Florence received a great shock, and its wealth was perceptibly diminished, " for the Bardi and Peruzzi had held so large a share...their fall every other merchant was suspected and distrusted."1 In the beginning of the fourteenth century the Venetians began to make their appearance... | |
 | 1920 - 76 pages
...power and rank which they held in the republic. This failure and the great expenses of the State in Lombardy greatly reduced the wealth and condition...of Florence and of the whole community. . . . For when the aforesaid companies had failed — which were two mainstays of trade, and through their influence... | |
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... trafficked, they lost their credit on all sides, and became bankrupts ; and especially the Peruzzi. Yet they avoided complete ruin by their possessions in the city and territory of Florence, and by the great power and rank which they held in the republic.... 