Maria Fusaro

Early modern European economic development seen through the interaction of two major players in the Mediterranean economy: Venice and England.

Political Economies of Empire in the Early Modern Mediterranean

Colin Heywood

Mohamed-Salah Omri

Clarifier, discuter et prolonger certains aspects de la grande fresque braudélienne sur la Méditerranée de la première modernité ont été les objectifs majeurs visés par les intervenants. Soixante-dix ans après la publication de cet opus magnum de l'après-guerre, il était devenu nécessaire de le confronter à de nouvelles recherches écrites dans ...

L'héritage maritime de Fernand Braudel

Échanges culturels et commerciaux dans la Méditerranée moderne

The emphasis of the book, therefore, is on the sea itself, the ships which travelled it, and the men who sailed them. The new perspectives here offered are both multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary, and reflect the state of the art in current research, much of which has not been previously available in English. The book aims to open up the subject to English-speaking readers, in particular to those interested in maritime history; the history of the early modern world; and the historiographical legacy of Fernand Braudel. --Book Jacket.

Braudel's Maritime Legacy

Trade and Cultural Exchange in the Early Modern Mediterranean

Luisa Piccinno

Andrea Addobbati

This open access book explores the history of risk management in medieval and early modern European maritime business, focusing particularly on 'General Average' – a mechanism by which extraordinary expenses regarding ship or cargo, incurred during a voyage to save the venture, are shared between all participants to protect equity. This volume traces the history of this risk management tool from its origins in the pre-Roman Mediterranean through to its use in the shipping sector today. Contributions range from the Islamic Mediterranean to the Low Countries, and taken together, provide a wide-ranging analysis of social, cultural, and political aspects of pre-modern maritime commerce in Europe.

General Average and Risk Management in Medieval and Early Modern Maritime Business

Seafarers were the first workers to inhabit a truly international labour market, a sector of industry which, throughout the early modern period, drove European economic and imperial expansion, technological and scientific development, and cultural and material exchanges around the world. This volume adopts a comparative perspective, presenting current research about maritime labourers across three centuries, in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, to understand how seafarers contributed to legal and economic transformation within Europe and across the world. Focusing on the three related themes of legal systems, labouring conditions, and imperial power, these essays explore the dynamic and reciprocal relationship between seafarers' individual and collective agency, and the social and economic frameworks which structured their lives.

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