Trading Conflicts

Venetian Merchants and Mamluk Officials in Late Medieval Alexandria
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-22199-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 93, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

Analysing different conflicts in Late Medieval Alexandria, this book offers new insights into the micro-mechanics of Venetian life and trade in Egypt and recalibrates the narrative of the strictly regulated and often violent contacts between East and West. This thorough microanalysis, based on the private archive of a Venetian merchant and consul in Alexandria read in conjunction with other Venetian and Mamluk sources, provides a differentiated image of conflict patterns cutting across the cultural divide. It transforms our image of Alexandria as a city at the intersection of Orient and Occident into that of a microcosm in its own right where disputes did not always fall neatly along cultural divides and conflicts were traded as much as trade created conflicts.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and public interested in Late Medieval and Early Modern cultural, legal and economic history, Mamluk and Mediterranean studies, history of Religion, Islam studies; Venetian, trade, and urban history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Christ, Georg L K a

Christ, Georg

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Außenhandel
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management

Über Autor(innen)

Christ, Georg
Georg Christ, Dr. phil. (2006) in History of the Middle Ages, Universität Basel, is a research group leader at Universität Heidelberg. He has published on topics in Late Medieval trade history, including news management, navigation and urban history.