
The word bank appears in French in the mid-fifteenth Century. In the late Middle Ages, the activity of money changer had developed over the proliferation of currencies. The Lombard bankers then bring two fundamental innovations at the base of the rise of Western capitalism: the current account, made possible by the invention of concurrent double entry bookkeeping and letter of credit. Now, traders can trade more confidently and movement without having to carry large sums of money on the roads unsafe even in Europe. The first banks are family include the Medici in Italy, which open in Germany Fugger banking institutions in big cities. But large financial enrich their relationship with government.
Drugs are the financiers of the Church of Rome for the benefit of which they collect and centralize the ecclesiastical tithes. The first banks are family include the Medici in Italy, which open in Germany Fugger banking institutions in big cities. Christian dogma, which considered usury as a sin, no longer fulfilled, the introduction of the new concept of "purgatory" for the theological laxity. This is not about to let the Jews exclusive of the pension credit. The Fugger play their role with Charles V as he is the main banker of Germanic Europe. Fugger bankruptcy will follow that of imperial failure of Charles Quint. The Bank of Amsterdam is following closely the political fortunes of Orange.



