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- Title
LES PIONNIERS DU COMMERCE FRANÇAIS A THESSALONIQUE AU COURS DU XVII<sup>e</sup> SIECLE.
- Authors
Koutzakiotis, Georges
- Abstract
The twentieth-century historiography devoted to the trade of the Levant has raised a number of questions that require elucidation; among others, that of the establishment, for the first time, of a French consul in Thessalonica. More precisely, according to the historiography, the steps for the founding of a French consulate in this city had begun in 1680, but a consul was finally established there in 1685. The present study, based mainly on unpublished sources, examines all relative efforts until 1688, and shows that a French consul tried to settle down in Thessalonica already since 1644. It is certain, however, that the consul Jacques Gleize (1685 - 1688) was to inaugurate an uninterrupted succession of French consuls and to lay the foundations for the long activity of French commerce in this port.
- Subjects
FRANCE; FRENCH national character; SEVENTEENTH century; HISTORY; COMMERCE
- Publication
Balkan Studies / Études Balkaniques, 2017, Vol 53, Issue 3, p550
- ISSN
0324-1645
- Publication type
Article