The Medieval Super-Companies : A Study of the Peruzzi Company of Florence (Hardcover)

List of tables; Map of the Peruzzi network, 1335; Introduction; Part I. Anatomy of the Super-Company: 1. The company and the family; 2. The nature of the business; 3. The structure of the Peruzzi Company; 4. The accounting of the Peruzzi Company; Part II. History of the Peruzzi Company from its Reorganization in 1300: 5. The prosperous years 1300?24; 6. The decline begins 1325?35; 7. The critical years 1335?40; 8. The collapse 1340?43; 9. The aftermath; Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendices.