Political Economies of Empire in the Early Modern Mediterranean

Political Economies of Empire in the Early Modern Mediterranean

The Decline of Venice and the Rise of England, 1450-1700

Fusaro, Maria (University of Exeter)

Cambridge University Press

05/2015

433

Dura

Inglês

9781107060524

15 a 20 dias

This exploration of the commercial relationship between Venice and England sets their comparative history in a wider Mediterranean and European context. It shows how Venice's circumstances shaped the English mercantile community and how their contrasting fortunes can be seen as the beginnings of European proto-globalisation.
Introduction: political economies of empire; 1. The medieval background; 2. The reversal of the balance; 3. The Ottoman Levant; 4. Genoa, Venice and Livorno (a tale of three cities); 5. Trade, violence and diplomacy; 6. Diplomacy, trade and religion; 7. The Venetian peculiarities; 8. The English mercantile community in Venice; 9. The English and other mercantile communities; 10. The goods of the trade; 11. Empires and governance in the Mediterranean; 12. Coda and conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
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