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Author Gelder, Maartje van

Title Trading places : the Netherlandish merchants in early modern Venice / by Maartje van Gelder
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Library of economic history, 1877-3206 ; v. 1
Library of economic history ; v. 1.
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-230) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Merchants, Foreign -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century
Dutch -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
Commerce
Dutch
Economic history
Merchants, Foreign
Kooplieden.
Nederlanders.
SUBJECT Venice (Italy) -- Commerce -- Netherlands
Venice (Italy) -- Economic conditions -- 16th century
Subject Netherlands
Italy -- Venice
Venetiƫ (stad)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047428879
9047428870
1282603124
9781282603127