The Father of Accounting: How a Renaissance Friar (Didn’t Quite) Invent Bookkeeping

Luca Pacioli is called “the father of accounting” — but he didn’t invent double-entry bookkeeping. The real story involves Venetian merchants, a Franciscan friar, and his friendship with Leonardo da Vinci.

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