The power and pains of polysemy: maritime trade, averages, and institutional development in the low countries (15th-16th centuries)

"As the fall-out of the Ever Given Suez canal blockage shows, an ancient instrument like General Average (GA) is still highly relevant in redistributing risks and costs in maritime trade. However, bar marine insurance, not much is known about the development of tools of maritime risk management...

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1. Verfasser: Dreijer, Gijs 1992- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2023]
Schriftenreihe:Brill's studies in maritime history volume 15
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Zusammenfassung:"As the fall-out of the Ever Given Suez canal blockage shows, an ancient instrument like General Average (GA) is still highly relevant in redistributing risks and costs in maritime trade. However, bar marine insurance, not much is known about the development of tools of maritime risk management like GA, which redistributes extraordinary costs incurred for the common safety of maritime ventures. This book investigates the development of General Average and other so-called Averages in the Low Countries on the eve of the early modern period, showing how the various varieties of Averages played a significant role in the development of maritime risk management and the broader institutional development in the Low Countries"--
Beschreibung:Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Exeter & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2021) issued under title" The power and pains of polysemy : general average, maritime trade and normative practice in the Southern Low Countries (fifteenth-sixteenth centuries)
Beschreibung:24 cm
ISBN:9789004540347

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