Archive for December 4th, 2009
Fugger Family Manuscripts at the Bavarian State Library
Friday, December 4th, 2009The Fugger family became one of Europe’s most powerful merchant dynasties. Ennobled at the beginning of the 16th century, the Fuggers started to withdraw step by step from business during the second half of the century. In the decades following 1600 they adopted an aristocratic lifestyle. The Bavarian State library acquired two manuscripts relating to [...]