Lombard banking
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Lombard banking refers to the business of Italian moneylenders generally referred to as "Lombards". The term was often used in a derogatory sense, as Lombard banking was associated with the sin of usu
Rue des Lombards in Compiègne, France
Lombard Street in London
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
Lombard banking
…Lucca and Siena, and in Northern Italy such as Milan or Genoa but also from smaller cities such as Asti in Piedmont. They often displaced the French Cahorsins, even though there is much confusion in documentary sources between the two communities. In some regional contexts, the two words "Lombard" and "Cahorsin…
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