Capitali, & Noua Riforma delli Banchieri Hebrei di Roma

(ITALY).

30th August

Rome

1563

Woodcut Coats of Arms of the City of Rome on p.1. Text in Italian

Economic distress necessitated the invitation to Jewish loan-bankers to open money-lending establishments throughout the Italian peninsular. These Jewish financiers played increasingly important roles due to wide-spread connections within the ruling classes, indeed the management of communal affairs was vested entirely in their hands. The present Regulations proscribe how Jewish bankers may conduct their business in the Holy City of Rome. On Italian Jewish Moneylenders and Bankers see, C. Roth The History of the Jews of Italy (1946) pp.103-17