Medici Bank founded
1397 · Event
Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici opens the Florentine bank that finances popes and princes, pioneers double-entry branch banking, and bankrolls the Renaissance.
On these timelines: Economic History, Renaissance, Italy (post-476 CE), Master
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