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- Title
Merciers et hommes d'affaires dans le commerce entre les Pays-Bas et l'Espagne (1533-1556).
- Authors
Brumont, Francis; Priotti, Jean-Philippe
- Abstract
Besides the publication of a new correspondence between Navarrian mercers frequenting the fairs of Castile and big international merchants living in the Netherlands, the authors study in the introduction to these letters many aspects of the personal and commercial links between this province and the kingdom of Castile. First, they are interested in the merchants established in Antwerp (emigrated from Bearn, Castile and the Basque country), in their interrelations, in their links with their homeland of origin as well as in their strategy of upward social mobility in their new country. The small mercers, without comparable size, turn to their protection, to their financing and to their mediation to amplify their field activity, and imbricate by this way big trade with retail trade, what entails disappointments and conflicts. The economic aspects of these exchanges are also approached: goods, routes, fairs system, credit and foreign exchange. Moreover, published letters allow a fine analysis of circumstances and of political decisions impact on the commercial and private life of the actors, quite as on their mental universe, and give a very alive picture of all of these elements.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; MERCHANTS; HISTORY of the Netherlands; IMMIGRANTS; NONCITIZENS; 16TH century Spanish history; INTERNATIONAL trade financing; CHARLES V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558; INTERNATIONAL trade; SIXTEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Bulletin de la Commission Royale d'Histoire, 2014, Issue 180, p139
- ISSN
0001-415X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3406/bcrh.2014.4107