The business relations,identities and political resources of Italian merchants in the early-modern Spanish monarchy: some introductory remarks |
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Authors: | Manuel Herrero Sánchez |
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Institution: | 1. Geography, History and Philosophy, Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, Seville, Spainmahersan@upo.es |
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Abstract: | AbstractThis article offers a preliminary approach to the special volume entitled Business Relations, Identities, and Political Resources of the Italian Merchants in the Early-Modern Spanish Monarchy. It discusses the major issues and debates addressed in the five contributions collected here about the central role played by the Genoese, Florentine and Milanese commercial networks in the framework of a polycentric imperial structure as was the Spanish Monarchy. |
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Keywords: | Commercial networks Spanish monarchy Italian merchants polycentric empire |
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