Quentin van Doosselaere

Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics in Medieval Genoa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An empirical study of medieval long-distance trade agreements and the surrounding social dynamics, drawing on 20,000 notarial records.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 611g
• ISBN-13: 9780521897921
• ISBN-10: 0521897920
• Artikelnr.: 26675717

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
1. From sword into capital
2. Genoa at the dawn of the commercial expansion
3. Equity partnerships for heterogeneous ties
4. Credit network for routinized merchants
5. Insurance ties for oligarchic cohesion
6. Conclusion
Appendix A. Sample of prices and income
Appendix B. Sample of long-distance trade participants' occupations
Appendix C. Commenda network graphs
Appendix D. Nodal degree distributions of commenda networks
Appendix E. List of top mercantile nonaristocratic families
Appendix F. Partner selection probability model
Bibliography
Index.