Gran Tavola

Orlando Bonsignori, the founder of the Gran Tavola

During the Middle Ages, the Gran Tavola (Italian for "Great Table") was the largest Sienese bank;[1] it was one of the most powerful banks in Europe from 1255 to 1298. The Gran Tavola has been called "the greatest bank of the thirteenth century"[2] as well as "one of the largest commercial and banking enterprises in Europe".[3]

The main branches of the Gran Tavola during the mid-thirteenth century were in Pisa, Bologna, Genoa, Marseille, and Paris.[4]

  1. ^ de Roover, Raymond A., and Larson, Henrietta M. 1999. The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank. Beard Books. ISBN 1-893122-32-8. p. 2.
  2. ^ Reinhard, Wolfgang. 1996. Power Elites and State Building. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-820547-3. p. 212.
  3. ^ Brucker, Gene A. 1984. Florence, the Golden Age, 1138-1737. Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-457-2. p. 74.
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