Medieval Europe

How a Captured King's Ransom Invented Banking

A kidnapped king and a prisoner's debt produced a financial instrument so elegant it ran Western Europe's economy for three centuries.

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Medieval EuropeFranceEnglandMedieval FinanceBanking HistoryHundred Years WarTrade and Commerce14th Century

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