Alessandro Torlonia
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Alessandro Torlonia
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Author : Daniela Felisini
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-01-20
Alessandro Torlonia written by Daniela Felisini and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-20 with Business & Economics categories.
This book provides a vivid biography of a towering Italian banker, pioneer and entrepreneur. It weaves the entrepreneurial ventures of Alessandro Torlonia (1800-1886) through the narratives of business and politics in the Nineteenth century, the growth of European financial markets and the decline of Papal power during the Italian Risorgimento. The discussion is founded in rigorous historical research using original sources such as the Archivum Secretum Vaticanum papers and other official documents; the archives of the Torlonia family, and of the Rothschild bank in Paris; memoirs; correspondences, and newspapers. Through this book readers learn that Alessandro Torlonia was a man of many faces, who was one of the most complex and influential characters of Italian economic life in the nineteenth century. Felisini also provides an expert critique of the financial history of the papacy: an area of heightened interest given the notoriety of relations between the Holy See and its bankers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Focal topics such as the history of European elites and the history of European financial markets will have an interdisciplinary appeal for scholars and researchers.
Papal Genealogy
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Author : George L. Williams
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2004-08-25
Papal Genealogy written by George L. Williams and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-25 with Religion categories.
The papacy has often resembled a secular European monarchy more than a divinely inspired institution. Roman pontiffs bestowed great wealth on their families and forged strategic alliances with other powerful families to increase their power. Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), for example, forced his daughter Lucrezia into a series of marriages for political reasons. When her marital alliance was no longer advantageous, as was the case in her second marriage, her husband was brutally murdered. Many papal families also intermarried in hopes of forming a hereditary papacy; at least two members of the Fieschi, Piccolomini, Della Rovere, and Medici families served as pope. Papal families since the early history of the church are fully covered in this comprehensive work. Genealogical charts graphically show the descendants of the popes, presenting in many cases the interrelationships between the papal families and their relationships with many of the leading families of Europe. Detailed histories examine the impact of the papacy on each pope's family and how each influenced the history of the church.
Across The Borders
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Author : Günter Dinhobl
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-02
Across The Borders written by Günter Dinhobl and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-02 with History categories.
Until now we have only had relatively narrow economic studies comparing investments in railways with investments in other fields of individual economies. 'Across the Borders' not only opens the door for fundamental new insights into a trans-national view of railway history, but also contributes to a breakthrough in the wider study of the subject, providing the first extensive historical investigation of the worldwide system of railway financing. This book provides a wide introduction to how financiers, governments and entrepreneurs in Europe managed to face the challenges of constructing and maintaining an integrated railway network, both in their own countries and their colonies. This volume offers analysis from a selection of experts exploring the trans-national investment policies of railway construction based on numerous historical case-studies. The chapters provide insight into the international opportunities that existed for railway financing, from the perspective of economic, social, transport and railway history. With contributions from authors from 19 countries the volume is a truly international work that will be of interest to academic researchers, museum staff, archivists, and anyone who has an interest in the history and development of railways.
Nobility And Business In History
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Author : Silvia A. Conca Messina
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-03-31
Nobility And Business In History written by Silvia A. Conca Messina and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-31 with Business & Economics categories.
This book reconsiders the role of nobility as influential economic players and provides new insights into the business activities of noblemen in Europe and Asia during the nineteenth century thus offering up opportunities for comparison in an age of economic expansion and globalisation. What was the contribution of the nobility to the economy? Can we consider noblemen to have been endowed with an entrepreneurial spirit? Research shows that far from being passive, throughout the century the European nobility were widely involved in business, carried on innovations, refined management strategies, and diversified their investments from agriculture to transport, industry and finance. Both in Europe and Asia businesses were embedded in social networks and personal relationships. In modern Japan after the Meiji Restoration - the unique case in Asia where a Western-style nobility was created - business, trust, personal connections and aristocratic marriages were intertwined and Japanese noblemen, especially the richer ones, acted as promoters of industrialisation, even though their role was certainly limited in time and space. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers in the fields of economics, management, political science, sociology, public management and history. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Business History.
The Legacy Of Empire
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Author : Sharon Worley
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2018-11-14
The Legacy Of Empire written by Sharon Worley and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
The shadow of Napoleon never left the nineteenth-century and continued to haunt the histories and wars that followed in curious and circuitous ways. The empires of Napoleon I and his nephew, Napoleon III, set the stage for the pendulum swing of time from revolution to its antithesis, empire. The Anglo-Italian style developed as a reaction to these empires, the widespread devastation caused by power, and the monuments it created. Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Margaret Fuller, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Harriet Hosmer, William Wetmore Story, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James and Vernon Lee responded to recurring themes in Italian Risorgimento politics and culture in the post-Napoleonic era and Second Empire periods. Many of them were ex-patriots, who adopted Italy as their new home. Their unique contribution aligns them with a style that is distinguished by the themes of national independence, feminism, the abolition of slavery and republicanism. They perceived their own time in terms of parallel dimensions in which the past and present converged in national histories at home, in America and England, and in Italy, their new ideal state. The language of their new nationalism evolved from the chronological study of Ancient Rome up to the Renaissance, and the style of both revolution and empire, neoclassicism, while their perspective was largely shaped by a reactionary contrast between the empires of Napoleon I and III, and an ideal state they envisioned for Italy.
Lake Dust
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Author : FRANCESCO PROIA
language : en
Publisher: PROIA FRANCESCO
Release Date : 2014-04-22
Lake Dust written by FRANCESCO PROIA and has been published by PROIA FRANCESCO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-22 with categories.
An amazing relic coming out of nowhere. A journey back in time to discover all the secrets Fucine Lake had been hiding beneath its surface. With Alessandro, an architecture college student, and his new friends, you will discover the origins of Goddess Angizia's cult and how the symbol of the Chimera was linked to the legendary military exploits of Marsian people. You'll discover, with astonishing historical revelations, how deep the bond with the Roman Empire was and you'll marvel at how strong that bond is still today. You'll be charmed by this incredible treasure hunt which will reveal all the secrets of Alba Fucens city-state and, together with the protagonists, you'll see all the ambitious project which through the centuries led to Fucine Lake drainage. All this in a fascinating spy-story which, in two thousand years of history, will let you discover this magical place, still unknown to many.
The Alban Hills
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Author : Clara L. Wells
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
The Alban Hills written by Clara L. Wells and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Frascati (Italy) categories.
Private Bankers In The Italian 19th Century
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Author : Luciano Maffi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-12-14
Private Bankers In The Italian 19th Century written by Luciano Maffi and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-14 with Business & Economics categories.
The book analyses the role of private bankers who were pivotal in modernizing the economic and financial system of Italy in the XIX century. To achieve this they needed to interact with the international haute banque to organize and place the public loans and the large investments associated with the joint-stock companies. The theme of reputation, which is currently at the centre of the historiographical debate, is fundamental for the study of the private banker figures, whose professional success is linked to the limitless trust accorded to them by their circle of personal contacts. Historiography has studied the role of Italian bankers in the trade, credit and international finance during the modern age (XVI-XVIII centuries), but it has not analysed the banking system in the XIX century and its national and international relations. The case study of Banca Parodi of Genova fills the historiographical gap concerning the role of private bankers and banking institutions in Italy, highlighting the network between the Parodi family and the international haute banque; one of the most emblematic cases is the Rothschild family. The book presents a re-elaborates series of unpublished data, placing them at the disposal of the scientific community and analyses the role of private bankers in the development of Italian banking institutions in the XIX century to launch a scientific debate.
The Basis Of Civilization Water Science
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Author : J. C. Rodda
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Basis Of Civilization Water Science written by J. C. Rodda and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Nature categories.
For The Love Of Rome
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Author : John Ferris
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2013-06-07
For The Love Of Rome written by John Ferris and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-07 with Travel categories.
In For the Love of Rome, John Ferris conveys his excitement in discovering the city of Rome through language that moves those unfamiliar with the enchanted city, as well as those who have often been there. The book is not about wars, persecutions, internal struggles for power within Roman and Vatican rule, nor cultural development. As Ferris said, The book is about our experiences in [mid-1960s and -1970s] Rome, what drew my wife and me there, and what we learned by seeing and reading. The style is witty, amusing, and unfailingly interesting as he relates historical anecdotes and reveals Rome's impact on various major figures, including Charles Dickens, James Joyce, and many more.