Trading Conflicts : Venetian Merchants and Mamluk Officials in Late Medieval Alexandria
Georg L.K.A. Christ
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt | Leiden : : BRILL, , 2012.
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Omfang | 1 online resource (384 p.)
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Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - 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. - 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. - B. The Captain: Countering the Merchants. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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.
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Emner | Consuls - Egypt - Alexandria
Italians - History - Egypt - Alexandria Mamelukes - History - Egypt - Alexandria Merchants - Egypt - Alexandria Vis mer... Social conflict
Alexandria (Egypt) -- Commerce -- History. Alexandria (Egypt) -- Social conditions. Consuls -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- Biography. Dolfin, Biagio, d. 1420. Dolfin, Biagio. Italians - Egypt - Alexandria. Italians -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- Biography. Italians -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History -- To 1500. Mamelukes -- History -- To 1500. Merchants -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- Biography. Social conflict -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History -- To 1500. Venice (Italy) -- Commerce -- History. 1400-tallet Alexandria Handel History & Archaeology Kjøpmenn Regions & Countries - Africa Venezia |
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ISBN | 9789004221994
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