The Origin of Banking

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
Ascent of Money Niall Ferguson banking Renaissance Italy Medici family credit commercial bank retail bank ATM cash financial literacy Citi Collection lending
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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The Origin of Banking

This segment from the PBS documentary The Ascent of Money looks at early Renaissance Italy, when credit came of age, and explores how money lending became the foundation of a new kind of power. Against the backdrop of the powerful Medici family, historian Niall Ferguson describes how credit became a legitimate international business and led to the birth of modern banking.
Publisher
PBS Learning Media

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