Gran Tavola (Siena) (c. 1255–1323)

1. Bonsignori firm emerges in early 1200s Siena

   Jan 1, 1209Labels: Bonsignori family, Siena

   • Treccani

2. Bonsignori serve the papal financial administration

   Jan 1, 1235Labels: Bonsignori family, Camera Apostolica

   • Treccani

3. Orlando and Bonifazio expand Bonsignori influence

   Jan 1, 1240Labels: Orlando Bonsignori, Bonifazio Bonsignori

   • Orlando Bonsignori
   • Treccani

4. Gran Tavola founded as a banking consortium

   Jan 1, 1255Labels: Gran Tavola, Orlando Bonsignori

   • Gran Tavola EN
   • Gran Tavola IT

5. Gran Tavola becomes papal depository in 1260s

   Jan 1, 1260Labels: Gran Tavola, Papal States

   • Gran Tavola EN

6. Gran Tavola manages crusade-related church taxes

   Jan 1, 1265Labels: Gran Tavola, Pope Clement

   • Gran Tavola EN
   • Orlando Bonsignori

7. Death of Orlando Bonsignori triggers decline

   Jan 1, 1273Labels: Orlando Bonsignori, Gran Tavola

   • Orlando Bonsignori
   • Gran Tavola EN

8. Bonsignori repay creditors amid worsening crisis

   Jan 1, 1292Labels: Bonsignori family, creditors

   • Bonsignori IT
   • Bonsignori FR

9. Florentine competition and the florin reshape papal finance

   Jan 1, 1294Labels: Florentine bankers, florin

   • ManchesterHive

10. Gran Tavola fails and is effectively dissolved

    Jan 1, 1298Labels: Gran Tavola, bank failure

    • Gran Tavola EN
    • Gran Tavola FR

11. Successor firm “Sons of Bonsignore” reorganizes business

    Jan 1, 1299Labels: Sons of, successor firm

    • Bonsignori IT
    • Bonsignori FR

12. Siena’s banking leadership shifts away from Bonsignori legacy

    Jan 1, 1323Labels: Siena banking, Tuscan networks

    • Gran Tavola EN
    • ManchesterHive