Francesco Guidi Bruscoli: 1 book
Papal Banking in Renaissance Rome
Benvenuto Olivieri and Paul III, 1534–1549
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Benvenuto Olivieri was a Florentine banker active in Rome during the first half of the sixteenth century. A self made man without any great family patrimony, he rose to prominence during the pontificate of Pope Paul III, becoming involved with a variety of papal enterprises which allowed him to get...
