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Adelmann, Bernard, 101, 107, 108
Adrian of Utrecht. See Hadrian VI
Agincourt, 194
Albrecht of Mainz See Hohenzollern, House of
Albrecht of Prussia, 228
Aleppo, 56
Almeida, Francisco, 56–58, 182
Alsace, 18
antitrust. See monopoly
Antwerp, 23, 41, 55, 59, 60, 79, 88, 120, 162, 231, 239, 240, 241
Arnoldstein, Austria, 26, 27, 29, 30
Artzt, Sybille. See Fugger
Augsburg, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 28, 34, 41, 42, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 55, 57, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 71, 75, 77, 82, 83, 84, 88, 89, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100, 102, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115, 119, 120, 124, 128, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 156, 157, 162, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 178, 180, 183, 186, 187, 188, 191, 193, 200, 201, 202, 206, 208, 209, 210, 212, 221, 227, 228, 231, 235, 236, 237, 238, 240, 243, 244, 245, 248, 250, 254, 255
Augsburg Contract, 107, 108, 110
Baltic Sea, 86
Barbarossa, 13
Bardi, 229
Baring, Francis, 249
Basinger, Franz 6
Baumgarten, 42
Becker, Carl, 236
Behaim, Martin, 106
Bergen, Norway, 86
Berges, Max von, 146
Biberbach, Germany, 192, 202, 203, 206
Black Hoffman, 205
Blankenfeld, Johannes, 124, 125
Boblingen, Germany, 210
Bologna University, 80, 109, 187
Brant, Sebastian, 106
Bratislava, 111
Braunschweig, 128
Brecht, Bertolt, 244
Bremen, 86
Brixen, Austria, 43, 80, 81, 84
Bruckner, Anton, 251
Buda, 27, 216, 217, 219, 220, 225, 234
Burgkmair, Hans, 48
Cairo, 56
Canisius, Peter, 248
Caravajal, Bernardino, 71
Castle of the Hawk, 11
Charlemagne, 12, 37, 65, 126, 142, 147, 166
Charles the Bold, 11, 13, 18, 24, 34, 52, 54, 65, 72, 92, 115, 117
Charles VIII, king of France, 24, 36
Catherine of Aragon, 158
Chigi, Agostino, 93
Church of the Barefoot Monks, 191
Clement V, 104
Coeur, Jacques, 141
Cologne, 1, 4, 23, 83, 86, 89, 103, 145, 160, 169, 181, 188
Columbus, Christopher, 54, 63, 163
Common Hungarian Trade, 27
Constance, Germany, 65, 66, 101, 147
Constantine, 126
Cortez, Hernan, 116
Corvinus, Matthew, 24, 27, 30, 117
Cremona, Italy, 78
Dante, 104
Danzig, 44, 45, 85, 86, 88, 90
Damascus, 55
Detti, Guido, 56
Dietrichstein, 214
Dobratsch Mountains, 26
dollar, 22
Dorpat, Estonia, 90
double-entry bookkeeping, 10, 231, 250
Drau River, 27
Dürer, Albrecht, 40, 48, 102, 106, 133, 136, 149, 150, 156, 168
Earl of Cornwall, 158
Ebernburg Castle, 183
Edward III, King of England, 52
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 52
Engels, Frederick, 198, 199, 201
Erasmus, 2, 16, 102, 109, 116, 173
Ermine Portrait, 52
Ferdinand, King of Spain, 63, 64, 79
Fifth Lateran Council, 110
Francis I, king of France, 119, 120, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 164, 191, 192, 194, 196, 220, 235
Frankfurt, 1, 23, 41, 51, 75, 147, 159, 160, 162, 173, 187, 201, 207, 209, 211
Frankfurt Cathedral, 160
Frederick the Wise, 125, 128, 148, 158
French Revolution, 198
Fugger
Alexander von Fugger Babenhausen, 246
Anton, 155, 221, 224–225, 227, 230, 233, 234–240, 241, 247
George, 7, 44, 47, 96, 133, 167, 224
Hans Jacob, 240
Hieronymus, 224
Jacob, the younger
Arnoldstein purchase, 27
Augsburg uprising, 191
avoids bank run, 82
bribes electors, 147
Burgundian treasure, 51
buys Rattenberg lease, 61
buys Kirchberg and Weissenhorn, 65
challenges Hansa, 85
coat of arms, 14
death, 228
defends capitalism, 67
denies Zink, 221
Dürer portrait, 149
election loan strategy, 153
election debt repaid, 195
electors demand Fugger, 161
family meeting, 96
first loan, 19
flees to Biberbach, 192
flings coins, 62
Fugger Palace, 94
Fuggerei, 167
funeral chapel, 133
gives gifts in Vienna, 116
hires Schwarz, 135
Indian trade voyage, 54
indulgences, 125
invests in Hungary, 27
illegitimate daughter, 50
imperial election, 142
Knights’ War, 181
labor relations 33
loans to Albrecht, 125
loyalty oath 96
Luther visit, 150
Magellan, 197
Marriage, 48
meeting with electors, 147
meets Duke George of Saxony, 148
negotiating tactics, 119
Open Letter to the German Nobility, 177
papal mint, 71
Pavia, 193
Pepper Sack, 60
Poisoning, 134
postage stamp, 207
Robbers, The, 174
Rothschild similarities, 249
St. Moritz, 131
seeks double wedding, 114
ship seized, 85
Swabian league, 183
thoughts on asset allocation, 137
usury debate, 102
Weissenhorn, 61
will, 223
Württemburg war, 156
Youth, 9
Josef Ernst von Glott, 244
Markus, elder brother of Jacob Fugger the Younger, 7, 16
Markus, grandnephew of Jacob Fugger the Younger, 94, 241
Peter, 7
Raymund, 224–225
Sybille, née Artzt, 48–51, 226, 245
Ulrich the Elder, 7, 14, 16, 38, 44, 47, 93, 96, 133, 215, 224
Ulrich the Younger, 179, 223, 224
Ursula, 248
Fugger Chapel, 133, 144, 226, 244
Fugger House, 217
Fugger Palace, 94, 118, 126, 144, 150, 151, 179, 223, 228, 234, 236, 243, 244, 245
Fugger News Letters, 34
Fuggerau, 31, 32, 38, 42, 43, 73, 81, 141, 174, 238, 246
Fuggerei, 167–171, 177, 199, 224, 231, 244–246
Gama, Vasco da, 54
Gemmingen, Uriel von, 123
Gentlemen’s Drinking Room, 15, 75, 93
George of Brandenburg. See Wettin, House of
German Peasants’ War, 198, 210, 215, 227, 230
Gfatterman, Elizabeth, 6
Giorgione, 9
Godshuisen, 167
Goethe, Wolfgang von, 230
Golden Counting Room, 52
Goldman Sachs, 250
Gossembrot, George, 42, 44, 51
Gossembrot, Sigmund, 42, 44, 51
Gregory VIII, 248
Greiffenklau, Richard von, 181–183, 206
guldiners, 22
Habsburgs
Charles V, xi, xvi, 24, 36, 90, 100, 141, 194, 195, 220, 230, 236, 247, 253
Ferdinand, 114–116, 139, 180, 200, 205, 211–214, 216, 227, 228, 231, 235, 236
Franz Ferdinand, 245
Frederick III, 11–15, 18, 23–25, 36, 38, 63, 65, 117, 142
Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, 78, 91, 156
Maria Theresa, 247
Mary, 114
Maximilian
coronation as king of the Germans, 24
relationship with Dürer, 149
first meeting with Fugger, 23
hires Lamparter, 50
phony coronation, 72
intervenes in Meckau affair, 84
defends Fugger against Hansa, 89
revokes smelter deal, 118
illegitimate daughter, 205
Philip II, 140
Philip the Fair, 39, 63, 64, 117
Rudolf, 11
Sigmund Rich in Coins, 18–22, 25, 27, 32, 38, 42, 54, 73, 106, 118, 137, 148, 213
Hadrian VI, 195
Halberstadt, 123
Haro, Christoph de, 197
Hausmachtpolitik, 12, 28, 116, 146, 181, 194
Heilbronn, Germany, 205
Henlein, Peter, 106
Henry VII, king of England, 24, 34, 39
Henry VIII, king of England, 120, 158, 235, 247
Herman of Cologne, 181
Hitler, Adolf, 243
Hochstetter, Ambrose, 15, 71, 77, 106, 118, 121, 186, 195, 200, 206, 230
Hohenheim, William von, 31, 174. See also Paracelsus
Hohenzollern, House of, 122, 130, 145, 173, 181
Albrecht of Mainz, 122, 146, 147
Joachim of Bradenburg, 146
Holbein, Hans der Elder, 48
Holy Roman Empire, 11, 12, 142, 155, 247, 249
Hospice of St. Anima, 81
Idria, Slovenia, 195
Illsung, Sebastian, 107
Ingolstadt University, 108
Innsbruck, 6, 11, 17, 20, 32, 34, 39, 43, 61, 65, 92, 118, 120, 152, 212, 238, 255
International Monetary Fund, 21
Isabella of Castile, 63
Ivan III, tsar of Russia, 88
Jagiellon, House of, 30
Joachim of Bradenburg. See Hohenzollern, House of
Joanna of Castile, a.k.a. Juana la Loca, 63, 117
Jordan, David Starr, 172
Juarez, Benito, 248
Julius II, 71, 80, 108, 126, 182, 206
Junker George, alias of Martin Luther, 186
Justinian I, 185
Karnberg, Austria, 66
Kasimir of Brandenburg, 231
Kempten, Germany, 211
Kirchheim, Germany, 244
Krebs, Thomas, 168
Kress, Anton, 107
Kufstein, 61
Landstuhl Castle, 183
Lang, Matthaus, 72, 107, 124, 200
Lassalle, Ferdinand, 250
Lauingen, Germany, 128
Leo X, 108, 110, 123–126, 135, 145, 158, 195, 232, 248
Leonardo da Vinci, 144
Ladislaus, king of Hungary, 30, 113, 116
Leiden, 167
Liechtenstein, Paul von, 62, 64, 72, 92, 119
Loaísa, Jofre de, 197
Lotzer, Sebastian, 200–202
Louis, king of Hungary, 114, 116, 215, 216–221, 227, 234
Louis XII, king of France, 119
Lübeck, 86, 88, 89, 113, 159, 196
Ludwig I, 251
Luther Hans, 32
Luther, Martin, xiv, 32, 82, 108, 111, 116, 122, 129, 130, 150, 176–180, 186, 189, 191, 192, 196, 204, 206, 208, 218, 226–228, 235, 237, 245, 248, 250, 253
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 60, 66, 90, 119, 143
Maestrazgos, 195, 230, 231, 237, 249
Magdeburg, 123
Mainz, 104, 122–125, 130, 160, 209
Manlich, Matthias, 235
Mantel, Hilary, 246
Manuel I, King of Portugal, 54, 56, 59
Margarethe von Helfenstein, 205
Marie Antoinette, 247
Marth, Caspar, 188
Mary of Burgundy, 14, 34, 78, 117, 152
Meckau, Melchoir von, 43, 80–84, 154, 213
Medici family, xiv, 15, 44, 98, 105, 108
Giovanni de’, see Leo X
Meissen, Germany, 80
Memmingen, Germany, 200–203
Memmingen Articles, 200, 206, 213
Meuthing, Hans, 106
Mielke, Thomas, 245
Milan, 39, 41, 64, 79, 119, 158, 194, 245
Mohacs, Hungary, 235
monopoly, xv, 45, 82, 86, 89, 93, 105, 174, 186
Montaigne, Michel de, 95
Morat, Battle of, 53
Morgan, J. P., 249
Mozart, Franz, 171
Mozart, Wolfgang von Amadeus, 95, 171
Mühlhausen, Germany, 208
Müntzer, Thomas, 207–209, 212, 251
Neuenhausen, Eberhard von, 83
North Sea, 85
Notizie Scritte, 34
Novgorod, Russia, 88
Nuremberg, 17, 41, 68, 80, 87, 89, 101, 103, 106, 108, 186, 188, 191, 207, 245
Nuremberg Diet, 138
On Miners’ Sickness and Other Miners’ Diseases, 32
Open Letter to the German Nobility, 177
Oppenheimer, Samuel, 249
Ovid, 116
Pace, Richard, 159–161
Paris, 115
Pavia, Battle of, 193, 194, 196, 200, 220
Pepper Sack, 60
Peruzzi, 229
Peutinger, Conrad, 55, 187, 188, 192, 193, 196
Peutinger Map, 187
Pfaffenhoffen, 202
Philip of Wittelsbach, 61
Pico della Mirandola, 40, 51, 150
Pirckheimer, Willibald, 102, 107
Ploss, Hans, 216
Plutarch, 107
Po River, 194
Pölnitz, Gottfried Götz von, 51, 254, 255, 256
Poor Conrad, 201
Potosi, Bolivia, 18
Prince Fugger Private Bank, 245
Querini, Vincenzo, 66
Radbot of Klettgau, 11
Regensburg, 251
Rehlinger, Conrad, 50, 226, 229
Rem, Wilhelm, 49
Rhegius, Urbanus, 192, 212, 270
Riga, Latvia, 90
Rinck, Johann, 169
Robbers, the 174, 176
Rockefeller, John D., xiv, 44, 100, 173
Roggenburg, Germany, 203
Rolling Stone, 250
Rome, xi, xii, 2, 16, 36, 38, 51, 64, 67, 70, 71, 73, 78, 79, 81–84, 88, 91, 93, 102, 103, 105, 108, 111, 123–126, 129, 145, 151, 155, 174, 176, 178, 179, 186, 191, 211, 221, 222, 225, 227, 231, 235, 237, 248, 250
St. Anima hospice, 81
St. Anne, 47, 132, 144, 150, 226, 244
St. Anne almshouse, 167
St. Peter’s Basilica, 122, 126, 128
St. Peter’s indulgence, 122, 128
St. Ulrich and Afra, 95
Savonarola, 39
Schlamding, Austria, 214
Schmalkaldic League, 237
Schmiechen, Germany, 62, 67, 82
Schwarz, Matthaus, 135–137, 210, 228
Schwaz, Austria, 17, 18, 21, 28, 32, 39, 80, 106, 111, 139, 206, 212, 214, 227, 230, 236, 237
Second Lateran Council, 104
Segovia, 165
Seville, 165
Ship of Fools, 106
Sickingen, Franz von, 161, 174, 180, 182
Sigismund, King of Poland, 113, 116, 218
Sixtus IV, 16
Speyer, 83
Sprenger, Balthazar, 57
Spindletop, 17
Stadion, Christoph von, 134
Stanford University, 172
Strauss, Jacob, 212
Strigel, Bernhard, 50
Süleyman the Magnificent, 219, 220, 234
Swabian League, 183, 200, 202, 216, 218
syphilis, xv, 116, 142, 173, 184, 192
Szathmary, George, 116
Tacitus, 4
Tarbell, Ida, 173
Tetzel, Johannes, 126–130
thaler, 22
Teutonic Knights, 228
Thames River, 86
Thurzo, Alexi, 216, 219, 232, 235
Thurzo, George, 30
Thurzo, Johannes, 216
Titian, 9
Tordesillas, 165
Trastámaras, House of, 64
Treaty on Usury, 177
Trent, Italy, 72, 73, 78, 124, 206
Truchsess, George von, 200, 201, 204, 207, 208, 210, 211, 214, 251
Trier, 11, 14, 24, 145, 160, 181, 182, 206
Tübingen University, 50
Tyrol, 6, 18–21, 25, 27, 28, 39, 79, 80, 89, 98, 106, 115, 118, 138, 139, 141, 144, 211, 212, 214, 231, 238
Ulm, 200
Ulrich of Württemberg, 50, 200
Urban II, 125
Urban III, 104
Valois, House of, 12, 146, 157
Vatican City, 235
Venezuela, 236
Venice, 1, 4, 7–10, 19, 20, 34, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45, 55, 56, 58, 60, 66, 67, 70, 72–74, 78–80, 86, 88, 91, 94, 109, 120, 136, 194, 214
Vienna, 11, 17, 24, 27, 28, 30, 34, 63, 92, 114–119, 152, 214, 220, 249
War of Landshut Succession, 61, 65
Wartburg Castle, 186
Wehe, Jacob, 202–204
Welser family, 106, 144, 145, 148, 167
Anton 55, 58–60
Weissenhorn, 61, 65–67, 202, 206, 209, 225, 231, 245
Wettin, House of, 13
George of Brandenburg, 148, 181, 199, 204, 208, 218, 256
White Rose, 52
Widolf, Clara, 5
Wilhelm I, 146
Wilhelm II, 146
Wolsey, Thomas, 123
Worms, 35, 36, 178–180, 223, 253
Zacatecas, 18
Zalkanus, 216
Zamorin of Calicut, 58
Zink, Johannes, 81–84, 88, 112, 124, 134, 155, 221, 222, 225
Zwin River, 88