IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1517: Creating the 'Other' in Late Medieval Economies: Concurrence and Cooperation in European Trade and Credit Systems and Networks
Thursday 6 July 2017, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Tanja Skambraks, Historisches Institut, Universität Mannheim |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Silke Schwandt, Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft, Philosophie und Theologie, Universität Bielefeld |
| Paper 1517-a | The Privileged, the Associates, and the Others: Trading Privileges of Southern France Cities in the 13th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Economics - Trade, Economics - Urban |
| Paper 1517-b | Contesting the 'bonum commune': Cross-Cultural Economies and the Creation of National Identities (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Mentalities, Social History |
| Abstract | The session proposes new perspectives on the creation of the 'other' in late medieval economy. By presenting research results from three different economic spheres, namely trade and commerce, credit, as well as business ethics in Southern France, Italy, and the Empire, the papers will deal with the shaping of identities and 'otherness' regarding different religious and social groups and group conflicts from the 13th to the 16th century. |