The Making of the Modern Corporation

This book traces the origins of a financial institution, the modern corporation, in Genoa and reconstructs its diffusion in England, the Netherlands, and France. At its inception, the Casa di San Giorgio (1407–1805) was entrusted with managing the public debt in Genoa. Over time, it took on powers w...

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description This book traces the origins of a financial institution, the modern corporation, in Genoa and reconstructs its diffusion in England, the Netherlands, and France. At its inception, the Casa di San Giorgio (1407–1805) was entrusted with managing the public debt in Genoa. Over time, it took on powers we now ascribe to banks and states, accruing financial characteristics and fiscal, political, and territorial powers. As one of the earliest central banks, it ruled territories and local populations for almost a century. It controlled strategic Genoese possessions near and far, including the island of Corsica, the city of Famagusta (in Cyprus), and trading posts in Crimea, the Black Sea, the Lunigiana in northern Tuscany, and various towns in Liguria. In the early sixteenth century, in his Florentine Histories (Book VIII, Chapter 29), Niccolò Machiavelli was the first to analyze the relationship between the Casa di San Giorgio’s financial and territorial powers, declaring its possession of territories as the basis of its ascendancy. Later, the founders of some of the earliest corporations, including the Dutch East India Company (1602), the Bank of England (1694), and John Law’s Mississippi Company (1720) in France, referenced the model of the Casa di San Giorgio. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1606712025-05-28T06:02:00Z The Making of the Modern Corporation Taviani, Carlo The German Historical School of Law Nineteenth–Twentieth Centuries East India Companies scholarship New Institutional Economics and Social Ontology the Comperae the Sea Ventures the Maona The Puzzle of the Maona Institutional Analysis San Giorgio shares interests the Loca the Pagae loans taxes the Gabelle tax on capital the end of direct taxation lending Dukes and Popes locking bank the moltiplichi the Genoese families salt Genoese families offices political instability thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history This book traces the origins of a financial institution, the modern corporation, in Genoa and reconstructs its diffusion in England, the Netherlands, and France. At its inception, the Casa di San Giorgio (1407–1805) was entrusted with managing the public debt in Genoa. Over time, it took on powers we now ascribe to banks and states, accruing financial characteristics and fiscal, political, and territorial powers. As one of the earliest central banks, it ruled territories and local populations for almost a century. It controlled strategic Genoese possessions near and far, including the island of Corsica, the city of Famagusta (in Cyprus), and trading posts in Crimea, the Black Sea, the Lunigiana in northern Tuscany, and various towns in Liguria. In the early sixteenth century, in his Florentine Histories (Book VIII, Chapter 29), Niccolò Machiavelli was the first to analyze the relationship between the Casa di San Giorgio’s financial and territorial powers, declaring its possession of territories as the basis of its ascendancy. Later, the founders of some of the earliest corporations, including the Dutch East India Company (1602), the Bank of England (1694), and John Law’s Mississippi Company (1720) in France, referenced the model of the Casa di San Giorgio. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. 2025-05-28T06:02:00Z 2025-05-28T06:02:00Z 2025-05-27T10:41:59Z 2022 book ONIX_20250527T122911_9781000590272_83 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102816 9781000590272 9781000590296 9781032198934 9781003261360 9781032198927 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160671 eng Routledge Research in Early Modern History open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102816/1/9781000590272.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003261360 10.4324/9781003261360 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 dc47d03e-2d28-46f7-97dd-8c1fae169148 9781000590272 9781000590296 9781032198934 9781003261360 9781032198927 Routledge 264 Oxford [...] open access
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Nineteenth–Twentieth Centuries
East India Companies
scholarship
New Institutional Economics and Social Ontology
the Comperae
the Sea Ventures
the Maona
The Puzzle of the Maona
Institutional Analysis
San Giorgio
shares
interests
the Loca
the Pagae
loans
taxes
the Gabelle
tax on capital
the end of direct taxation
lending
Dukes and Popes
locking
bank
the moltiplichi
the Genoese families
salt
Genoese families
offices
political instability
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thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
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The Making of the Modern Corporation
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topic The German Historical School of Law
Nineteenth–Twentieth Centuries
East India Companies
scholarship
New Institutional Economics and Social Ontology
the Comperae
the Sea Ventures
the Maona
The Puzzle of the Maona
Institutional Analysis
San Giorgio
shares
interests
the Loca
the Pagae
loans
taxes
the Gabelle
tax on capital
the end of direct taxation
lending
Dukes and Popes
locking
bank
the moltiplichi
the Genoese families
salt
Genoese families
offices
political instability
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
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Nineteenth–Twentieth Centuries
East India Companies
scholarship
New Institutional Economics and Social Ontology
the Comperae
the Sea Ventures
the Maona
The Puzzle of the Maona
Institutional Analysis
San Giorgio
shares
interests
the Loca
the Pagae
loans
taxes
the Gabelle
tax on capital
the end of direct taxation
lending
Dukes and Popes
locking
bank
the moltiplichi
the Genoese families
salt
Genoese families
offices
political instability
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history
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