Cahorsins
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The Cahorsins were merchants and financiers from the French city of Cahors and the surrounding region of Quercy during the High Middle Ages. During their 13th-century heyday, they were among the most
Place de la Libération, formerly known as place au Change, in Cahors, in the Middle Ages a hub of activity of the Cahorsins
13th-century house of the Béral family at 43, rue du Château-du-Roi in Cahors
![The Brunnenturm [de] in Zürich, also known as Kawertschenturm (lit. 'Cahorsins' Tower') for its use by moneylenders in the late 14th and early 15th ce](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/BrunnenturmTuriciI.jpg/500px-BrunnenturmTuriciI.jpg)
The Brunnenturm [de] in Zürich, also known as Kawertschenturm (lit. 'Cahorsins' Tower') for its use by moneylenders in the late 14th and early 15th centuries
13th-century house of the De Jean family at 112, rue Saint-André in Cahors
Pope John XXII
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Pope John XXII, born Jacques Duèze, was head of the Catholic Church from 7 August 1316 to his death, in December 1334. He was the second and longest-reigning Avignon Pope, elected by the Conclave of C
Cahorsins
…decline of the Champagne fairs. The legacy of Cahorsin opulence has been related to the rise of Jacques Duèse from Cahors up to his election in 1316 as Pope John XXII. Duèse's father had probably been a merchant and moneychanger. The Cahorsins' name was often used to refer to Christian (i.e. non-Jewish) usurers…
Portrait fresco of John XXII, 14th century (Collection of the Palais du Roure, Avignon)
Coin of John XXII
Emperor Louis IV
Tomb of John XXII in the Treasury room of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Doms d'Avignon