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Trading places : the Netherlandish merchants in early modern Venice / by Maartje van Gelder.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of economic history ; v. 1.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 241 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789047428879
  • 9047428870
  • 1282603124
  • 9781282603127
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Trading places.DDC classification:
  • 382.0945/31100893931 22
LOC classification:
  • HF482 .G45 2009eb
Other classification:
  • 15.70
Online resources:
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.
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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.

Print version record.

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.

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