Mark Häberlein, Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Bamberg in Germany, is author of The Practice of Pluralism: Congregational Life and Religious Diversity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730-1820.
"This book is an important contribution not only to the history of
a single family, but to economic, social, religious, and political
history of early modern Germany." --Philip Slavin, University of
Kent
This eminently readable history of the rise of the Augsburg
merchant dynasty of the Fuggers is an enormously welcome--and
timely--addition to the English-language scholarship on early
modern Germany, and indeed on early modern Europe as a whole. The
Fuggers were involved in the rise of early capitalism,
globalization, technological innovation, the patronage of
Renaissance art, papal and imperial politics, and confessional
conflict in the age of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. As
they amassed their spectacular fortune, the Fuggers struggled with
the sometimes conflicting demands of profit, religion, ethics, and
honor--which makes this book very topical as we grapple with the
ethical quandaries and inequities of global capitalism in our own
time.--Kathy Stuart, University of California, Davis
This is a readable and meticulously researched account of the
fabulously wealthy house of Fugger. The author explores the
Fuggers' personal and professional relationships against a shifting
backdrop of local and international politics, family life, and
commerce during the Renaissance in the first in-depth examination
of this extraordinary family available in English.--B. Ann Tlusty,
Bucknell University
This translation of Haberlein's 2006 German work traces the history
of the Fugger family from the late-14th to the mid-17th century....
Written in concise, accessible prose and including a useful family
genealogy and a thorough bibliography, this should prove a useful
addition to college and university libraries.... Recommended.--
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