Overview
- Provides insight into the entrepreneurship and leadership qualities of the Pope's Banker: Alessandro Torlonia
- Explores the Papal States in 19th century Europe
- Based on rigorous historical research using original sources
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance (PSHF)
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About this book
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 betweenthe 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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Daniela Felisini is a Professor of Economic History at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy, where she holds the Jean Monnet Chair. An authority on Rome in the nineteenth century, she is the author of studies in banking and financial history, and on Italy’s financial and economic elites.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Alessandro Torlonia
Book Subtitle: The Pope’s Banker
Authors: Daniela Felisini
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41998-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41997-8Published: 10 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82475-8Published: 17 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41998-5Published: 20 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-5164
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5172
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 269
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Financial History, Banking, History of Italy