![]() ![]() ![]() The subject of analysis is a collection of letters written during the fairs of Novi Ligure when this small but strategic border town of the Republic of Genoa controlled and influenced the trend of the money market throughout Europe. To this end, ten years after the publication of Dove il denaro fa denaro, Claudio Marsilio presents an updated version of his essay, which has now become a classic text of historiography on this subject, and publishes the results of his laborious research, conducted in private archives in Genoa and with sources that have never been studied before. Still, the fact that exchange rates, international currencies and the influence of the “marketplaces” on global economies continue to monopolize present public debate therefore, to fully understand today’s financial market it is very helpful to decipher the mechanisms that regulated the exchange fairs in the Modern Era. The question of the payment system in seventeenth-century Europe may seem far removed from the contemporary world, our everyday lives and our interests. ![]()
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