Anton Meuting was son of Lukas Meuting, a merchant from #Augsburg who worked for the famous House of #Fugger. His brother-in-law did not only establish the branch of the trading company of the House of #Welser, the second famous Augsburg based merchant and banking family, at the Spanish #court but also provided an excellent and exceptional education abroad for Anton, including the acquisition of language skills in Spanish, the practising of a ‘courtly’ habitus and building up a network of contacts. Thus, Anton Meuting was well connected to the two most important European merchant families of his time.
By the way, did you know that these competing merchant families are now united in their very own museum?
https://www.fugger-und-welser-museum.de
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#earlymodern #emdiplomacy #NewDiplomaticHistory #Spain #courtStudies #history #histodons #HRE #trade #adventCalendar #EconomicHistory #AdventCalendar2024
Die #Fugger und #Welser von #Augsburg – das sind klangvolle Namen, die für zwei der mächtigsten deutschen Handelshäuser des 16. Jahrhunderts stehen.
#renaissance #kolonialismus #handel
https://www.stadtschreiberinnen.der-leiermann.com/fugger-und-welser-in-augsburg/
Early Modern Diplomacy
Christian Schaller
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