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Commercial agreements and social dynamics in medieval Genoa
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ISBN: 9780521897921 0521897920 9780511576423 9781107404298 9780511517907 0511517904 1107201969 1107404290 1282103857 9786612103858 0511576420 0511515405 0511514360 0511516681 0511517416 9781107201965 9781282103856 661210385X 9780511515408 9780511514364 9780511516689 Year: 2009 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics in Medieval Genoa is an empirical study of medieval long-distance trade agreements and the surrounding social dynamics that transformed the feudal organization of men-of-arms into the world of Renaissance merchants. Drawing on 20,000 notarial records, the book traces the commercial partnerships of thousands of people in Genoa from 1150 to 1435 and reports social activity on a scale that is unprecedented for such an early period of history. In combining a detailed historical reading with network modeling to analyze the change in the long-distance trade relationships, Quentin van Doosselaere challenges the prevailing western-centric view of development. He demonstrates that the history of the three main medieval economic frameworks that brought about European capitalism - equity, credit, and insurance - was not driven by strategic merchants' economic optimizations but rather by a change in partners' selections that reflected the dynamic of the social structure as a whole.


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Marking the Jews in Renaissance Italy
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ISBN: 131681419X 1316814580 1316814971 1316816532 1316798496 1316815366 1107175437 1316627470 1316811859 9781316815366 9781316814581 9781316816530 9781316798492 9781316814192 9781107175433 9781316627471 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge New York

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It is a little known fact that as early as the thirteenth century, Europe's political and religious powers tried to physically mark and distinguish the Jews from the rest of society. During the Renaissance, Italian Jews first had to wear a yellow round badge on their chest, and then later, a yellow beret. The discriminatory marks were a widespread phenomenon with serious consequences for Jewish communities and their relations with Christians. Beginning with a sartorial study - how the Jews were marked on their clothing and what these marks meant - the book offers an in-depth analysis of anti-Jewish discrimination across three Italian city-states: Milan, Genoa, and Piedmont. Moving beyond Italy, it also examines the place of Jews and Jewry law in the increasingly interconnected world of Early Modern European politics.


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Fiesco's conspiracy at Genoa
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ISBN: 9781783740444 9781783740451 1783740442 1783740450 9781783740468 1783740469 1783740434 9781783740437 1783740426 9781783740420 9781783740437 9781783740420 2821876246 9782821876248 Year: 2015 Publisher: Open Book Publishers

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Within two years of the success of his first play Die Räuber on the German stage in 1781, Schiller wrote a drama based on a rebellion in sixteenth century Italy, its title: The Conspiracy of Fiesco at Genoa. A Republican Tragedy. At the head of the conspiracy stood Gian Luigi de' Fieschi (1524-1547), Schiller's Count Fiesco, a clever, courageous and charismatic figure, an epicurean and unhesitant egoist, politically ambitious, but unsure of his aims and principles. He is one of Schiller's mysterious, protean characters who secures both our admiration and disgust. With Fiesco as tragic hero Schiller examines the complex entanglement of morality and politics in his own times that was to preoccupy him throughout his career. The play was a moderate success when performed in Mannheim in 1784; it was more popular in Berlin where, during Schiller's lifetime, it was performed many times in a version by Carl Plümicke, which however radically altered the play's meaning. There have been some noteworthy productions on the German stage and television, even if it has remained somewhat in the shadow of Schiller's other works. In the English-speaking world it is all but unknown and very seldom performed. This translation aims to remedy that oversight.


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Imperial ambition in the early modern Mediterranean : Genoese merchants and the Spanish Crown
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ISBN: 9781107062368 1107062365 9781107477056 9781107692855 132217699X 1316082938 1316056937 131605456X 1107692857 1316075842 1316073475 1316078213 1316071111 1316080579 1107477050 9781316073476 Year: 2015 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Cambridge University Press

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This book examines the alliance between the Spanish Crown and Genoese merchant bankers in southern Italy throughout the early modern era, when Spain and Genoa developed a symbiotic economic relationship, undergirded by a cultural and spiritual alliance. Analyzing early modern imperialism, migration, and trade, this book shows that the spiritual entente between the two nations was mainly informed by the religious division of the Mediterranean Sea. The Turkish threat in the Mediterranean reinforced the commitment of both the Spanish Crown and the Genoese merchants to Christianity. Spain's imperial strategy was reinforced by its willingness to acculturate to southern Italy through organized beneficence, representation at civic ceremonies, and spiritual guidance during religious holidays.

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History of Italy --- History of Spain --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Genoa --- Naples --- Merchants --- Bankers --- Imperialism --- Christianity --- Renaissance --- History --- History. --- Economic aspects --- Europe --- General. --- Genoa (Italy) --- Spain --- Mediterranean Region --- Commerce --- Revival of letters --- Civilization --- History, Modern --- Civilization, Medieval --- Civilization, Modern --- Humanism --- Middle Ages --- Religions --- Church history --- Colonialism --- Empires --- Expansion (United States politics) --- Neocolonialism --- Political science --- Anti-imperialist movements --- Caesarism --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Militarism --- Bank officers --- Capitalists and financiers --- Businesspeople --- Espagne --- Espainiako Erresuma --- España --- Espanha --- Espanja --- Espanya --- Estado Español --- Hispania --- Hiszpania --- Isupania --- Kingdom of Spain --- Regne d'Espanya --- Reiaume d'Espanha --- Reino de España --- Reino d'Espanya --- Reinu d'España --- Sefarad --- Sepharad --- Shpanie --- Shpanye --- Spanien --- Spanish State --- Supein --- イスパニア --- スペイン --- Cenova (Italy) --- Chenova (Italy) --- Comune di Genova (Italy) --- Dženova (Italy) --- Gênes (Italy) --- Genova (Italy) --- Ĝenovo (Italy) --- Genua (Italy) --- Genuja (Italy) --- Gènuva (Italy) --- Genuya (Italy) --- Gjenova (Italy) --- Gjenue (Italy) --- Gorad Genuja (Italy) --- Janov (Italy) --- Jenoba (Italy) --- Jinuwah (Italy) --- Xénova (Italy) --- Zena (Italy) --- جنوة (Italy) --- Горад Генуя (Italy) --- Генуя (Italy) --- Γένοβα (Italy) --- ג'נובה (Italy) --- יאנאווע (Italy) --- 제노바 (Italy) --- ジェノヴァ (Italy) --- 熱那亞 (Italy) --- 热那亚 (Italy) --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region


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Lepanto and beyond : images of religious alterity from Genoa and the Christian Mediterranean
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ISBN: 9789461663733 9789462702646 9462702640 Year: 2021 Publisher: Leuven Leuven University Press

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The Battle of Lepanto, celebrated as the greatest triumph of Christendom over its Ottoman enemy, was soon transformed into a powerful myth through a vast media campaign. Lepanto ? or rather, the varied storytelling and the many visual representations that contributed to shape the perception of the battle in Christian Europe ? is the main focus of this book. In a broader perspective, 'Lepanto and Beyond' also gathers reflections on the construction of religious alterity and offers analyses of specific case studies taken from different fields, investigating the figure of the Muslim captive in reality, artistic depiction, and literature. With different themes related to the Republic of Genoa, the authors also aim to redress a perceived imbalance and to restore the important role of the Genoese in the general scholarly discussion on Lepanto and its images.

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Christianity and other religions --- Lepanto, Battle of, Greece, 1571, in literature --- 940.21 --- 7 <09> --- Lepanto, Battle of, Greece, 1571, in art --- 7 <09> Kunstgeschiedenis. Kunsthistorie --- Kunstgeschiedenis. Kunsthistorie --- 940.21 Geschiedenis van Europa: Ontdekkingsreizen. Renaissance--(1492-1532) --- Geschiedenis van Europa: Ontdekkingsreizen. Renaissance--(1492-1532) --- Lepanto, Battle of, 1571, in literature --- Islam --- Genoa (Italy) --- Cenova (Italy) --- Chenova (Italy) --- Comune di Genova (Italy) --- Dženova (Italy) --- Gênes (Italy) --- Genova (Italy) --- Ĝenovo (Italy) --- Genua (Italy) --- Genuja (Italy) --- Gènuva (Italy) --- Genuya (Italy) --- Gjenova (Italy) --- Gjenue (Italy) --- Gorad Genuja (Italy) --- Janov (Italy) --- Jenoba (Italy) --- Jinuwah (Italy) --- Xénova (Italy) --- Zena (Italy) --- جنوة (Italy) --- Горад Генуя (Italy) --- Генуя (Italy) --- Γένοβα (Italy) --- ג'נובה (Italy) --- יאנאווע (Italy) --- 제노바 (Italy) --- ジェノヴァ (Italy) --- 熱那亞 (Italy) --- 热那亚 (Italy) --- Church history --- Christian religion --- Iconography --- Thematology --- History of Southern Europe --- naval battles --- Genoa --- Nafpaktos --- Lepanto, Battle of, Greece, 1571 --- 355.49 --- 27 <45 GENOVA> --- 246 <45> --- 246 <45> Christelijke kunst en symbolisme--Italië --- Christelijke kunst en symbolisme--Italië --- 246 <45> Art et symbolisme chretiens--Italië --- Art et symbolisme chretiens--Italië --- 27 <45 GENOVA> Histoire de l'Eglise--Italië--GENOVA --- 27 <45 GENOVA> Kerkgeschiedenis--Italië--GENOVA --- Histoire de l'Eglise--Italië--GENOVA --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Italië--GENOVA --- 355.49 Geschiedenis van de zeeslagen --- Geschiedenis van de zeeslagen --- geschiedenis --- iconografie --- slavenhandel --- seksualiteit --- religieuze geschiedenis --- cultuurgeschiedenis --- Christendom --- Islam, Mohammedaanse godsdienst --- Doria, Giovanni Andrea --- 16de eeuw --- Christianity and other religions - Islam --- Genoa (Italy) - Church history --- Lepanto, Battle of, Greece, 1571, in art. --- geschiedenis. --- iconografie. --- slavenhandel. --- seksualiteit. --- religieuze geschiedenis. --- cultuurgeschiedenis. --- Christendom. --- Islam, Mohammedaanse godsdienst. --- Doria, Giovanni Andrea. --- 16de eeuw.

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