| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Library of economic history,
1877-3206 ;
v. 1
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Library of economic history ; v. 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-230) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Venice (Italy) -- Commerce -- Netherlands.
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| Chronological Term |
1500-1599 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gelder, Maartje van. Trading places. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004175433 (DLC) 2009004915 (OCoLC)305416427 |
| ISBN |
9789047428879 (electronic book) |
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9047428870 (electronic book) |
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1282603124 |
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9781282603127 |
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9789004175433 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004175431 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004175433.i-246 |
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