Apodissary fund of the ancient Neapolitan public banks (1573-1809)

The Apodissary Fund of the ancient Neapolitan public banks, part of the Historical Archive founded in 1819, preserves numerous documents relating to eight public banks' activity in the city of Naples from the 16th to the beginning of the 19th century. The Apodissary Fund, which arrived intact to date, testifies the evolution in money circulation, passing from money to establishing the credit certificates. Thanks to the reasons of payment detailed on the credit certificates, the Apodissary Fund constitutes a source of information of extraordinary interest about the Modern Age, for the economic, credit, political, cultural, and artistic history, not only of the Kingdom of Naples but also of the European states and worldwide. The Apodissary Fund allows historical reconstructions of the Modern Age at the European level and beyond through the rich information related to the exchanges in banking activity.