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Before banks, nuns lent money: how convents helped power medieval Vienna’s economy

Convent lending formed part of the everyday functioning of Vienna’s economy in the 15th century.

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The Conversation: Before banks, nuns lent money: how convents helped power medieval Vienna’s economy — by Anna Molnár, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Late Medieval Financial History of Central Europe, University of Reading

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