Trading places: the Netherlandish merchants in early modern Venice
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1. Verfasser: Gelder, Maartje van (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2009
Schriftenreihe:Library of economic history 1
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Online-Zugang:DE-1046
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-230) and index
This book deals with the Netherlandish merchant community in early modern Venice. It analyses how these immigrant traders used their commercial position to secure a place in the city and shows the consequences of the changes in international commerce for Venetian society
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- List of maps -- List of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Note on dates, names, and currency -- Introduction -- A reversal of fortunes -- The decline of Venice and the rise of Amsterdam -- Merchant communities -- Approach and sources -- Chapter One -- Venice -- Entering the city -- The inhabitants of Venice -- The Venetian state -- Declining Venetian commerce -- Immigrant traders in Venice: Germans, Ottomans, and Jews -- Chapter Two -- Unlocking the Venetian market: changing trade relations in the 1590s -- Early trade relations between Venice and the Low Countries -- In desperate need of cereals -- Importing Baltic grain into Venice -- Chapter Three -- Combining the new with the old: Netherlandish-Venetian trade aft er the 1590s -- The case of Cornelis Jansen -- Expanding commercial contacts -- Amsterdam-Mediterranean trade in 16468211;1647 -- Continuing overland trade -- Chapter Four -- The community of Netherlandish merchants in Venice -- The number of Netherlandish merchants in Venice -- The provenance of the Netherlandish merchants -- Forging family ties, economic partnerships, and bonds of friendship -- Religious differences? -- Chapter Five -- Individual and collective strategies -- Becoming Venetian citizens -- Petitions and privileges -- Banquets and charity -- Ambassadors and consuls -- Chapter Six -- At home in early modern Venice -- Finding a home -- A wealthy lifestyle -- Venetian relations -- Entering the Venetian patriciate -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 241 S.) Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:9789047428879
9047428870
DOI:10.1163/ej.9789004175433.i-246

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