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Author:   Georg L.K.A. Christ
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   93
Weight:   0.761kg
ISBN:  

9789004221994

ISBN 10:   9004221999
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   20 January 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Figures and Tables ...xiii Acknowledgements ...xv Transcription of Arabic Words and Unifijication of Date ...xvii I Introduction ...1 PART ONE FRAMEWORK: VENETIAN MERCHANTS IN ALEXANDRIA – BIOGRAPHY OF BIAGIO DOLFIN II Levant Trade ...19 III Venetian Commercial Privileges in the Mamluk Empire ...45 IV The Venetian Consulate in Alexandria ...55 V Biagio Dolfijin – Public Servant and Merchant ...97 PART TWO PRESUMED RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS VI Crusade and Levant Trade ...113 VII Slave Trade and Solidarities ...121 VIII Venice as Protector of Pilgrims and the Importance of the cortexia ...143 IX Per onor di san Marcho – Wanderings of St Mark’s Head ...155 X Shed Wine – Anti-Christian Riots in Alexandria? ...167 PART THREE CONFLICTS OVER THE SPICE TRADE FAIR XI Prolungar la muda – Conflict over the Spice Fair’s Deadline ...187 XII Non per pato, ma per complaxer – Modalities of the Customs Clearance ...209 XIII Per cholpa, defeto et triste maniere – The Conflict Surrounding the Sultan’s Pepper ...229 XIV The Case of Giacomo Zorzi: Release of a Debt Prisoner ...251 PART FOUR EPILOGUE AND CONCLUSION XV Epilogue: Montar al Caiero – Quasi-Martyrdom of the Consul? ...273 XVI Conclusion – Types of Truth ...281 APPENDICES I Partial Reconstruction of Biagio Dolfijin’s Correspondence ...293 II Transcription of Venetian Texts ...305 III Documents ...307 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Sources ...331 2 Selected Studies ...335 3 Reference Works ...354 Index ...

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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.

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