The Fuggers of Augsburg : pursuing wealth and honor in Renaissance Germany /

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Author / Creator:	Häberlein, Mark.
Uniform title:	Fugger. English
Imprint:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 286 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in early modern German history Studies in early modern German history.
Subject:	Fugger family. Fugger family. Renaissance -- Germany -- Augsburg. Capitalists and financiers -- Germany -- Augsburg -- Biography. Wealth -- Germany -- Augsburg -- History. Honor -- Germany -- Augsburg -- History. Capitalists and financiers. Commerce. Economic history. Honor. Renaissance. Social conditions Wealth. Augsburg (Germany) -- Biography. Augsburg (Germany) -- Social conditions. Augsburg (Germany) -- Economic conditions. Europe -- Commerce -- History -- To 1500. Europe -- Commerce -- History -- 16th century. Europe. Germany -- Augsburg. Electronic books. Biographies. History. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11132314

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ISBN:	0813932580 9780813932583 9780813932446 0813932440 1280489464 9781280489464 9786613584694 661358469X
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Translated from German.
Summary:	As the wealthiest German merchant family of the sixteenth century, the Fuggers have attracted wide scholarly attention. In contrast to the other famous merchant family of the period, the Medici of Florence, however, no English-language work on them has been available until now. The Fuggers of Augsburg offers a concise and engaging overview that builds on the latest scholarly literature and the author's own work on sixteenth-century merchant capitalism. Mark Häberlein traces the history of the family from the weaver Hans Fugger's immigration to the imperial city of Augsburg in 1367 to the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648. Because the Fuggers' extensive business activities involved long-distance trade, mining, state finance, and overseas ventures, the family exemplifies the meanings of globalization at the beginning of the modern age. The book also covers the political, social, and cultural roles of the Fuggers: their patronage of Renaissance artists, the founding of the largest social housing project of its time, their support of Catholicism in a city that largely turned Protestant during the Reformation, and their rise from urban merchants to imperial counts and feudal lords. Häberlein argues that the Fuggers organized their social rise in a way that allowed them to be merchants and feudal landholders, burghers and noblemen at the same time. Their story therefore provides a window on social mobility, cultural patronage, religion, and values during the Renaissance and the Reformation.
Other form:	Print version: 9780813932446 0813932440
Standard no.:	40020695901

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This translation of Haberlein's 2006 German work traces the history of the Fugger family from the late-14th to the mid-17th century. The first four chapters situate the merchant family within the political and economic background of late medieval and early modern Germany, with attention to the broader world economy. Later chapters examine specific aspects of the family in greater detail: their close attention to self-presentation; their patronage of the arts and charitable foundations; their evolving political role as they became feudal landholders; and their continuing support of Catholicism during the Protestant Reformation. Written in concise, accessible prose and including a useful family genealogy and a thorough bibliography, this should prove a useful addition to college and university libraries. Summing Up: Recommended. All academic libraries/levels. J. Werner Kalamazoo College

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The Fuggers of Augsburg : pursuing wealth and honor in Renaissance Germany /

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