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May 2019
53m 9s

Jakob Fugger: The Richest Man Who Ever L...

Wondery / Patrick Wyman
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At the end of the fifteenth century, the center of European banking suddenly swung from its birthplace in Italy to south Germany. The key figure in that transition was Jakob Fugger of Augsburg, maybe the richest man who ever lived. You can listen to the back catalog of Tides of History, completely ad-free, only on Stitcher Premium. For a free month of Stitc ... Show More
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