LEONARDO'S

𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐎'𝐒

Edward III

The North

Proverbs 28:1
“The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.”  

 

 

 

 

 

 "Giotto's other great works were also painted for bankers, the two chief financial families in Florence, the Bardi and the Peruzzi. These hard-headed men were later to make a disastrous mistake: they failed to recognise the gulf that separated their bourgeois economy from the irresponsible aristocracy of the north, and lent millions of pounds to King Edward III to carry on his war against France. In 1339 he calmly defaulted — what were money lenders to the father of the Black Prince? The result was one of the first classic crashes in the history of capitalism."~~~Kenneth Clark: CIVILISATION. Ch. 3 Romance and Reality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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