Peruzzi Company (c. 1260–1343)

1. Peruzzi family consolidates in Florence’s merchant elite

   Jan 1, 1260Labels: Peruzzi family, Florence

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   • Wiki FR

2. First documented Peruzzi banking company appears

   Jan 1, 1274Labels: Peruzzi company, Business partnership

   • Wiki FR
   • Britannica

3. Donato Peruzzi funds Santa Croce memorial chapel

   Jan 1, 1299Labels: Donato Peruzzi, Santa Croce

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   • Santa Croce

4. Peruzzi company reorganized as a multi-shareholder firm

   Nov 9, 1300Labels: Peruzzi company, Multi-shareholder firm

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   • Wiki IT

5. Peruzzi expand into a Europe-wide branch network

   Jan 1, 1310Labels: Peruzzi network, European branches

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   • Wiki DE

6. Giotto paints the Peruzzi Chapel fresco cycle

   Jan 1, 1310Labels: Giotto, Peruzzi Chapel

   • Santa Croce

7. Hundred Years’ War begins, raising demand for credit

   May 24, 1337Labels: Hundred Years', England-France

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8. Peruzzi make major loans to England’s Edward III

   Jan 1, 1338Labels: Edward III, Peruzzi loans

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   • HundredYearsWar

9. Edward III’s cash crisis undermines Florentine lenders

   Jan 1, 1340Labels: Edward III, Cash crisis

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10. Banking panic helps bring Duke of Athens to power

    Jan 1, 1342Labels: Duke of, Florentine politics

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11. Peruzzi company declares bankruptcy, triggering wider collapse

    Jan 1, 1343Labels: Peruzzi bankruptcy, Bardi firm

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    • Wiki DE

12. Florentines expel Duke of Athens amid financial unrest

    Jul 1, 1343Labels: Expulsion of, Florence

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