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	Jacob Fugger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jacob Fugger, nicknamed "the Rich" (6 March 1459 in Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire – 30 December 1525 in Augsburg), was a banker and a member of the Fugger family.
		Fugger was the son of a weaver who settled in the southern German town of Augsburg by the late fifteenth century.
		Fugger provided Charles V with the money needed to bribe the seven electors to make him Holy Roman Emperor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jacob_Fugger (204 words)

	Jacob Fugger the Rich: Merchant and Banker of Augsburg, 1459-1525 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jacob Fugger was the embodiment of early capitalism.
		Jacob Fugger was the chief embodiment of early German capitalistic enterprise and rose to a great position of power in European economic life.
		Jacob Fugger's family was one of the foremost family in Augsburg when he was born in 1459.
	www.beardbooks.com /jacob_fugger_the_rich.html (703 words)

	German Society at the Close of The Middle Ages by E. Belfort Bax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jacob Fugger, a younger son of Ulrich, raised the family to the zenith of its opulence and magnificence.
		Jacob also made further journeys to the principal commercial towns of Europe, the result of his studies and travels being the expansion of his family business to a degree previously unheard of in the annals of medieval trading.
		Jacob Fugger was, in fact, the first great European capitalist, the Rothschild and Vanderbilt of his day.
	www.marxists.org /archive/bax/1894/german-society/appendix-c.htm (970 words)

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		Jacob and Barbara established their line of the family as 'The Fuggers of the Lily" and with calculated precision continued their rise to a position of financial strength in Europe.
		Barbara and her two oldest boys may have set the direction of the family, but it was Jacob II that fulfilled the promise of dynasty and he ruled with absolute domination.
		The eldest daughter of Ulrich Fugger married the son of Johann Thurzo in 1497.
	www.bunkerco.com /masters/chap10 (1143 words)

	AllRefer.com - Fugger (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Jacob's fortune was largely built on a virtual monopoly in the mining and trading of silver, copper, and mercury.
		Then the richest family in Europe, the Fuggers were generous patrons of the arts and learning and philanthropists, notably at Augsburg, their residence.
		Under Raimund Fugger, 1489–1535, and Anton Fugger, 1493–1560, the house reached the limits of its power and fortune.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Fugger.html (347 words)

	Jakob von Fugger biography
		A German family of Augsburg, important in continental financial history.—The founder of the family was Johann Fugger, master weaver in Graben, near Augsburg, about the middle of the fourteenth century, who married Marie Meissner of Kirchheim.
		This Johann Fugger was one of the council of twelve (Die Zwölfer), in the weaving guild, and an assessor of the famous Vehmgericht, or secret tribunal of Westphalia.
		The Fuggers continued to carry on commerce, attained the highest posts in the Empire, and several princely houses prided themselves on their alliance with the house of Fugger.
	www.dromo.info /fuggerbio.htm (527 words)

	ECONOMIC TRENDS AND CONDITIONS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
		The founder of the family fortunes was Hans Fugger, a weaver who in about 1367 came to Augsburg from the countryside, where he had probably worked under the domestic system for an Augsburg merchant engaged in international trade.
		Jacob Fugger attempted, though unsuccessfully, to achieve a world monopoly in copper and to use his monopoly to keep prices high.
		The career of Jacob Fugger also set in relief the importance of political factors, especially the state, in the economic life in the sixteenth century.
	www.ku.edu /carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/11.html (5751 words)

	Printable Version on Encyclopedia.com
		The foundation of their wealth was laid by Hans Fugger, allegedly a weaver, who moved to Augsburg in 1367.
		With Jacob Fugger II, 1459-1525, called Jacob the Rich, the house entered its zenith.
		Under Raimund Fugger, 1489-1535, and Anton Fugger, 1493-1560, the house reached the limits of its power and fortune.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:fugger (236 words)

	A CHRONOGRAPHY OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT
		1504 Jacob Fugger secretly purchases from the city of Basel a portion of the captured crown jewels of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy.
		Fugger's position was furthermore threatened by social unrest among the miners in the Tirol and at Neusohl in Hungary, by attempts of the Hungarian nobles to nationalize his mines, and by the Peasants' Revolt.
		The Fugger family is considered a prototype of the trading company of the early capitalistic era.
	www.dakotacom.net /~rmwillia/timeline2.html (2196 words)

	Additional Reading (from Fugger Family) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Richard Ehrenberg, Capital and Finance in the Age of the Renaissance: A Study of the Fuggers and Their Connections (1928, reprinted 1985), is a pioneering study of money and credit circulation in the 16th century.
		Jacob Strieder, Jacob Fugger the Rich: Merchant and Banker of Augsburg, 1459–1525 (1931, reprinted 1984), is a biography.
		By granting huge loans to the emperors Maximilian I and Charles V, the Fuggers were able to influence the policies of these rulers.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-2515 (794 words)

	Gatra.Com
		Jacob Fugger (1459-1526), yang dikenal dengan julukan ''Si Kaya Fugger'', pernah berkata: ''Boleh saja raja yang bertahta, namun para bankirlah yang berkuasa.'' Ucapan ini bukan isapan jempol.
		Fugger juga menciptakan dokumen kredit mirip cek perjalanan, yang memungkinkan orang berpergian jauh tanpa harus membawa banyak uang.
		Tak lama kemudian Fugger menjadi dinasti duit yang sangat berpengaruh.
	www.gatra.com /2001-02-20/artikel.php?id=4238 (524 words)

	Ancestry of Esther (Kraus) Mabry: The Wehinger Family in Dornbirn, Austria - What the Fugger?
		In the 1500s, Jacob Fugger opened a number of silver, copper and lead mines, some of which were in the Tyrol region.
		The Fugger mine holdings were profitable until cheaper silver began to be imported from the Americas in the mid-1600s.
		A current German dictionary indicates that "Fugger" is both a family name, and has the secondary meaning of "übertragen Großhändler" (wholesaler or wholesale merchant) or "Kaufmann" (merchant).
	krausfamilynews.blogspot.com /2005/08/wehinger-family-in-dornbirn-austria.html (783 words)

	Augsburg, Brief History Page (8.0) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The fabulous wealth of Augsburg's Fugger and Welser families was so staggering that in sheer monetary value they individually out-shown their contemporaries the Medicis of Florence.
		Considering that the Austrian Emperor, Charles the Fifth, once owed Anton Fugger 1 million florins, it's no wonder that the Augsburg merchant princes could command independence from their stronger predatory neighbors and gather the titles of princes and counts as well.
		The Fugger family, sitting in council, retains the right to cancel the right of residence on only eight days notice, but it has been many years since anyone has been turned out from the quiet rows of medieval houses.
	www.almgraph.com /fsa/History/AugsCityHist.htm (1114 words)

	Christian History Handbook: Early Modern: Lecture Eight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The founder of the Fugger commercial enterprise was Hans Fugger a prominent linen weaver whose parents had settled in Augsburg about 1380.
		The son of Hans' old age, Jacob (1457-1525), was intended for the priesthood and had already left and begun his schooling when Hans died, c.
		The Fuggers invested heavily in the operation of copper and silver mines in Hungary with the blessing of the Hapsburg rulers after 1491.
	www.sbuniv.edu /~hgallatin/ht34633e08.html (9795 words)

	Portrait of Jacob Fugger by BURGKMAIR, Hans
		The whiteness of the paper stands for the brightest passages, the fleshy brown colour of the tone block for the middle range, and the fl of the line block for the shaded areas.
		Fugger's profile is outlined by the tone block.
		Yet at the bridge and base of the nose, at the mouth and at the lower curve of the chin, deft touches of fl imply deepening shadows.
	www.wga.hu /html/b/burgkmai/portrai.html (231 words)

	The Birth of Capitalism
		The founder of the family fortunes was Hans Fugger, a weaver, who, in about 1380 came to Augsburg from the countryside, where he had probably worked under the domestic system for an Augsburg merchant engaged in international trade.
		The greatest of the Fuggers was Jacob Fugger II, called Jacob Fugger the Rich (1459 to 1525).
		Later in the century and in the succeeding one, the Hapsburgs were unable to meet their obligations, and most of the firmá ás money was lost.
	hierographics.org /yourhistoryonline/birthofcapitalism_jacobfugger.htm (5738 words)

	Irene's New Travelogue 2002 - Augsburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		There were also Jacob Fugger, a 16th century merchant (more on the Fuggers below), and Rudolf Diesel, known for his invention of the Diesel motor.
		The Fuggers' most important and lasting legacy is the Fuggerei, the oldest social settlement in the world, dating back to 1516.
		Jacob Fugger, however, also was involved in the sale of indulgences and opposed to Martin Luther.
	romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com /t_augsburg.htm (850 words)

	Jakob The Rich
		Jacob Fugger “The Rich” During the Renaissance there were many advances, new ideas, and other things that helped create a time period in which we still study greatly today.
		The Fugger family were one of the most prominent mercantile of the Renaissance.
		The most important of the Fugger family was Jacob Fugger the second, or better known as Jacob the Rich.
	www.radessays.com /viewpaper.php?nats=MTAxNjoyOjE&request=89059 (259 words)

	John Jacob ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Jacob de Gheyn II, Title page to the Passion of Christ, a set of fourteen plates engraved by Zacharius Dolendo and Jacob de Gheyn, 16th - 17th century
		Born in 1917 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Jacob Lawrence was raised in Harlem where he not only witnessed the poverty and prejudice that most African-Americans faced in th...
		The curators are Meredith Randall and Jacob Lebeko....
	wwar.com /masters/j/jacob-john.html (1638 words)

	Jacob Fugger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jacob Fugger - Products & information about Jacob Fugger.
		Jacob Fugger, nicknamed "the Rich" (6 March 1459 in Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire..
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	mortgage-advice.zbuloj.com /jacob-fugger (230 words)

	CHAPTER III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The entire Jacober Vorstadt, in contrast, was located on low-lying land and reached to within two or three hundred meters of the Lech.
		The Jacober Vorstadt was populated mainly by artisans and small retailers.[6] The famous Fuggerei, a poor house founded by Jacob Fugger, was also located here.
		In 1483 the Fuggers expanded into Tyrolean copper and in 1494 into Hungarian and Carinthian mines.[35] The family soon developed a way to expand its mining operations at a phenomenal rate.
	oit.boisestate.edu /sknox/dissertation/ch3.html (6139 words)

	Augsburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		But unlike most such clans who extolled great wealth and often oppressive power, the Fuggers (most notably Iacobius [Jacob] Fugger), were humanitarian.
		Jacob Fugger, with help from the Roman Catholic Church, founded this project, a collection of mustard-yellow apartments reserved for the needy and disadvantaged.
		Jacob's name also lent itself to the church located just outside the complex, the Jacobkirche, which has clearly been recently repainted or renovated.
	www.tompgalvin.com /places/de/bayern/augsburg.htm (910 words)

	THE FUGGER DYNASTY, Augsburg Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		The Fugger family settled in Augsburg in the fourteenth century and were originally active in the linen trade.
		Although the youngest of seven brothers, Jacob Fugger II (1459-1525) became the head of the firm, and can legitimately be regarded as the first modern business tycoon.
		Some four million ducats lent to the Habsburgs have never been repaid, but the Fuggers were able to sit back on the income from their landed holdings.
	www.infohub.com /destinations/Europe-&-Russia/Germany/Augsburg/89451.htm (320 words)

	Jacob Fugger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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	AUCTIONS/Paintings
		by Hans Fugger (1531-1598) to decorate the palace of Kirchheim an der Mindel, near Augsburg.
		The Fugger family was one of the most important and powerful mercantile families of the 16th Century.
		Jacob Fugger (1459-1525) founded the family textile business, which through the support and patronisation of the Holy Roman Emperors, extended the business to banking and mining.
	www.artcult.com /rp_p.htm (826 words)

	Business Investor - Published Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		At the turn of the 15th century, a man called “Jacob Fugger the Rich” was one of the wealthiest men in Europe.
		Here’s a piece of advice from Jacob the Rich that strikes me as being totally relevant in today’s environment, “Divide your fortune into four equal parts: stocks, real estate, bonds and gold coins.
		When I read about Jacob the Rich and discovered his words of economic wisdom from five centuries ago, I was amazed by the striking resemblance between his advice and with my own approach to wealth management.
	www.businessinvestor.ca /Articles/published_article126.asp (503 words)

	Game Notes Issue #19
		Jacob even gets his own card in the game, placed face up as if he were at the table with you.
		That’s among all players (including Jacob the Rich), so the player triggering the end of the round could have several of that type or even just one.
		Jacob himself could have a dedicated space on the board.
	www.bouldergames.com /gamenotes/gamenotes_19.asp (16939 words)

	The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: European Paintings
		Hans Maler produced numerous portraits of members of the Hapsburg court at Innsbruck as well as of such wealthy merchants as the Fuggers.
		Ulrich Fugger was the grandson of Jacob Fugger, head of the Augsburg family of merchants and bankers.
		According to the inscription on the reverse, this portrait was painted in 1525, when the sitter was thirty-five years old; this was also the year of his death.
	www.metmuseum.org /Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=11&viewMode=1&item=14.40.630 (123 words)

	Search 4 Forbes.com Book Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Written by a very close acquaintance of Schiff, this account of his life is as close to an autobiography as can be without his writing it himself.
		His philanthropies included establishing a Semitic Museum at Harvard University, a chair for the study of German culture at Cornell, as well as various hospitals and schools of higher education.
		These volumes represent the biographical account of Jacob H. Schiff, the American banker and philanthropist.
	www.forbesbookclub.com /SearchResults.asp?pagenum=7&ProdCat=BIO003000 (1703 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gregor Aichinger
		As early as 1590 he was the organist to the patrician Jacob Fugger at Augsburg.
		His musical development was largely influenced by the Venetian school, and especially by Gabrieli.
		In 1601, or thereabouts, he returned to Augsburg and re-entered the service of the Fuggers.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01233c.htm (215 words)

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