William Bramley/The Gods of Eden/21/220/2

The initial success of the Bank of Amsterdam encouraged similar banking arrangements in other nations. The most notable offspring was the Bank of England, founded in 1694. The Bank of England established the pattern for our modern-day central banks by refining the inflatable paper money system of Holland. The Bank of England system was subsequently spread from nation to nation, often on the backs of revolutions led by prominent Brotherhood network members. The worldwide reformation announced in the Fama Fraternitis was well underway by the end of the 17th century, and the "new money" was a big part of it, as we shall see more of later.