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1 online resource (384 pages) |
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Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 93 |
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Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 93.
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| Contents |
List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Transcription of Arabic Words and Unification of Date; Chapter One Introduction; A. Review of Research Literature; B. Sources: The Commissaria Biagio Dolfin and Other Archival Sources; C. Analysing Conflicts; Part One Framework: Venetian Merchants in Alexandria -- Biography of Biagio Dolfin; Chapter Two Levant Trade; A. Background: Levant Trade and its Routes; B. Transit Trade Under the Mamluks; C. Venice -- Not Just a Maritime Republic; D. Mercantile Correspondence; E. Sedentary Merchants and their Agents |
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Chapter Three Venetian Commercial Privileges in the Mamluk EmpireA. Background: Islamic Law under the Mamluks; B. Christian Merchants: Caught Between jihâd and amân; C. The Commercial Privileges of 1415; Chapter Four The Venetian Consulate in Alexandria; A. Background: Alexandria; B. Locating the Consulate: Alexandria Versus Cairo; C. Consulate, Council of Twelve and fondaco; D. Cottimo, consolazio -- Venetian Public Finance in Alexandria; E. The Business Year in Alexandria -- the mude; F. Alexandrians: Officials, Intermediaries and Merchants |
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Chapter Five Biagio Dolfin -- Public Servant and MerchantA. Biagio Dolfin: A Short Biography; B. Biagio Dolfin in Alexandria: The Power of a Merchant's Past; C. Biagio Dolfin's Character; D. Conclusion: Merchant and Consul -- Importance of Family; Part Two Presumed Religious Conflicts; Chapter Six Crusade and Levant Trade; A. Crusade as a Weapon: Trade Restrictions and Rhetoric; B. Crusade and Salvation of the Soul: Emanuele Piloti and Mercantile Ethics; C. Conclusion: Harmonising Crusade and Trade; Chapter Seven Slave Trade and Solidarities; A. Slaves in the Mamluk Empire |
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B. Slaves of the VenetiansC. Order and Transport of Slaves; D. Anime and famuli in Alexandria; E. Conclusion: Slaves Between Race and Religion; Chapter Eight Venice as Protector of Pilgrims and the Power of the Cortexia; A. Background: Pilgrims in Alexandria and Cairo; B. Litigation Over the Purchase of Spices and Settlement of the Conflict in Cairo and Alexandria; C. The Cost of an Audience with the Sultan; D. Conclusion: Power of the cortexia; Chapter Nine Per onor di san Marcho -- Wanderings of St Mark's Head; A. Background: St Mark Evangelist in Alexandria and Venice |
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B. Venetians Acquire St Mark's HeadC. Copts Prevent the Shipping of the Relic; D. Conclusion: Translatio -- Wanderings of Saints' Relics Towards Emerging Centres; Chapter Ten Shed Wine -- Anti-Christian Riots in Alexandria?; A. Background: Wine Consumption and Wine Trade in Egypt; B. Riots and Venetian Reaction; C.?Âmma -- 'Common' People in Crisis; D. Conclusion: Shedding Wine Instead of Blood; Part Three Conflicts Over the Spice Trade Fair; Chapter Eleven Prolungar la muda -- Conflict over the Spice Fair's Deadline; A. Background: Regulation of the muda |
| Summary |
Based on Mamluk and Venetian sources, this book offers a thorough analysis of the various conflicts arising around Levant trade. It demonstrates how these conflicts more often than not cut across cultural divides in Late Medieval Mamluk Alexandria |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
B. The Captain: Countering the Merchants |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Dolfin, Biagio, -1420.
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| SUBJECT |
Dolfin, Biagio, -1420 fast |
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Italians -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History -- To 1500
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Mamelukes -- History -- To 1500
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Italians -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- Biography
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Merchants -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- Biography
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Consuls -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- Biography
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Social conflict -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History -- To 1500
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Italy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
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Commerce
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Consuls
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Italians
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Mamelukes
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Merchants
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Social conditions
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Social conflict
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Alexandria (Egypt) -- Social conditions
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Alexandria (Egypt) -- Commerce -- History
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Venice (Italy) -- Commerce -- History
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Egypt -- Alexandria
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Italy -- Venice
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011042150 |
| ISBN |
9789004222007 |
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9004222006 |
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9789004221994 |
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9004221999 |
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1283470705 |
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9781283470704 |
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9786613470706 |
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6613470708 |
