Bardi family — The Bardi family was an influential Florentine family that started the powerful banking company, the Compagnia dei Bardi.Along with the Peruzzi family, the Bardis lent the King of England 400,000 Gold Florins, which he never repaid … Wikipedia
Bardi — can refer to:*Bardi, Italy, a city in the province of Parma, northern Italy *Bardi bush, an Australian plant, Acacia victoriae *Bardi (folklore), a shape changing spirit or a rabid animal in Trebizond folklore who presages a death by wailing *The … Wikipedia
Bardi language — Bardi Spoken in Australia Ethnicity Bardi Native speakers 16 (1996) Language family Nyulnyulan We … Wikipedia
Bardi Altarpiece — Artist Parmigianino Year 1521 Type Tempera on panel Dimensions 203 cm × 130 cm (80 in × 51 in) Location … Wikipedia
Bardi — Family of Florentine bankers and merchants in the 13c and 14c. In the last half of the 13c they provided regular funding to the crown. Edward III borrowed up to £20,000 a year from the Bardi. However, loans to Edward III during the Hundred Years… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Bardi — Florentine banking family. By 1310 they were the wealthiest family in Florence. They and the other two leading family banks, the Peruzzi and the Acciaiuoli, maintained branches at locations stretching from England and the Netherlands to North… … Historical Dictionary of Renaissance
Bardi chapel, Santa Croce, Florence — (c. 1325) Giotto s frescoes in the Bardi Chapel at Santa Croce, Florence, were whitewashed in the 18th century and uncovered in the 19th century, when they were over restored. Eventually the excessive overpaint was removed to reveal the… … Dictionary of Renaissance art
Bardi — Florentine bankers who loaned the English crown money to support military operations from the late 13th century until the 1340s. Following Edward III’s default, the family went bankrupt within ten years … Medieval glossary
Contessina de' Bardi — was born in about 1390 and died in Florence in October 1473. Contents 1 Di Bardi Family … Wikipedia
Compagnia dei Bardi — The Compagnia dei Bardi was a Florentine banking and trading company which was started by the Bardi family. The Bardi company was one of three major Florentine banking companies (called super companies by some modern scholars) that assembled… … Wikipedia
