Italy

44 chapters in all · about 2 h 30 min

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All chapters (44)

1. The silver of the colonies　about 5 min
2. The beauty of Syracuse　about 3 min
3. The eve of Rome　about 3 min
4. The birth of the denarius　about 4 min
5. Coinage as political advertisement　about 4 min
6. The imperial system　about 4 min
7. Debasement　about 4 min
8. The solidus and the end of the West　about 4 min
9. The gold of the Lombards　about 3 min
10. The origin of the word lira　about 4 min
11. The thinning denaro　about 3 min
12. The self-rule of the cities　about 4 min
13. The grosso　about 4 min
14. The maritime republics　about 3 min
15. 1252　about 4 min
16. The invention of never changing　about 4 min
17. The ducat　about 3 min
18. A duet of gold and silver　about 3 min
19. Trade on the bench　about 3 min
20. Paper carries the money　about 4 min
21. The banks that grew too big　about 4 min
22. The Medici　about 5 min
23. The public mounts　about 4 min
24. Five systems　about 3 min
25. Silver with a portrait　about 3 min
26. The peninsula become a battlefield　about 4 min
27. A sea of scudi　about 4 min
28. Enlightenment theories of money　about 4 min
29. The end of the Republic　about 3 min
30. The decimal lira　about 4 min
31. The divided Restoration　about 3 min
32. The money of revolution　about 3 min
33. 1862　about 4 min
34. The union, and paper　about 3 min
35. The scandal and the central bank　about 4 min
36. The paper of the Great War　about 3 min
37. Quota 90　about 4 min
38. The offering of gold　about 3 min
39. The AM-lira　about 4 min
40. The economic miracle　about 4 min
41. When small change vanished　about 5 min
42. 1992　about 4 min
43. Convergence　about 3 min
44. The circle　about 3 min

The history of money in Italy, read chapter by chapter with illustrated scenes. Narration is available too. The first chapter is open to all.