Frontispiece; Hans Bauer Acknowledgements Introductory PART ONE: THE MEDIAEVAL WORLD OF BANKING AND CURRENCY The Mediaeval Money Economy The Money Changers of Basle PART TWO: THE ROOTS OF SWISS BANKING The Background The Dawn of Modern Switzerland PART THREE: NINETEENTH-CENTURY...
In this volume the authors provide a survey and an examination of the roots of Swiss banking in order to explain the phenomenal success of Switzerland's banks. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, Swiss banking did not originate with the exiled Hugenot bankers of Geneva. Centuries...