IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 1121: Cities in Medieval Italy and Italians in Medieval Cities, V: Across the Great Divide - Merchants and Cities in Trans-Alpine Trade
Wednesday 11 July 2007, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | School of History & Archives, University College Dublin / Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge |
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| Organisers: | Edward Coleman, Department of History, William R. Day, Department of Coins & Medals, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge |
| Moderator/Chair: | William R. Day, Department of Coins & Medals, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge |
| Paper 1121-a | The Great Ravensburg Company: A South-German Hanse? (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Economics - General, Economics - Trade, Economics - Urban |
| Paper 1121-b | Italian Merchants in 15th-Century Bruges and 16th-Century Antwerp: Trade and Social Integration (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Economics - Urban, Social History |
| Paper 1121-c | The Network of Florentine Merchant-Banking Companies in the North of Europe: Collaboration vs Competition (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Economics - Trade, Economics - Urban, Social History |
| Abstract | This session contrasts the experiences of south German merchants active in the Western Mediterranean with those of Italian merchants in their relations with Northern Europe. It considers the Hanse-like characteristics of one German company of the 15th century from the perspective of Genoa, the commercial networks of Lucchese merchant-banking families centred in Bruges, and the relations of Florentine merchants operating in Northern Europe with merchants of ostensibly rival companies from Italy. |