Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics in Medieval Genoa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Doosselaere, Quentin, 1961-

Contributor:

Cambridge Books Online.

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merchants.

History.

Italy--Genoa.

Commerce.

Commerce--History--Medieval, 500-1500.

Merchants--Italy--Genoa--History.

Genoa (Italy)--Commerce--History.

Genoa (Italy).

Genoa (Italy)--Social life and customs.

Local Subjects:

Commerce.

Merchants.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Making use of 20,000 notarial records, this book traces commercial partnerships in Genoa from 1150 to 1435 and their role in the economic and social transformation to the Renaissance.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 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 (in £); 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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780511516689

0511516681

OCLC:

609833561

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.