"Jacob Fugger during a Meeting with his Head Accountant in the Branch Office in Augsburg"

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Zeiten und Menschen, Neue Ausgabe G, Bd. 1: Geschichtliche Grundlagen Europas. Von der griechisch-römischen Antike bis zum Zeitalter des Absolutismus/ Grütter, Werner; Borth, Wilhelm u.a. (Hg.) - Paderborn: Schöningh Schroedel, 1985, S. 140 -
GEI shelf mark: HEG-V 86 (1, 85)-1+1

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© Schöningh Schroedel, 1985

 

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This miniature, created by a book maker from Augsburg in 1518, records the new economic ethos at a time of watershed when banking, credit transactions and long distance trade linked the European continent to a worldwide market. The textbook authors explain the role of Jacob Fugger, a large scale manufacturer, in the development of the geopolitical space known as ‘Europe’.

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The first volume in the textbook series ‘Times and People’ was designed for use by the 11th grade and covers the period from antiquity until the French Revolution, while focusing on political, social and economic history. In addition to conveying traditional knowledge for school pupils, the team of authors treats cultural and everyday history as well as [mehr...]