Trading conflicts : : Venetian merchants and Mamluk officials in late Medieval Alexandria / / by Georg Christ.

• Superior document: Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 93
• Author: Christ, Georg.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean 93.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Notes: B. The Captain: Countering the Merchants.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Levant Trade /; Venetian Commercial Privileges in the Mamluk Empire /; The Venetian Consulate in Alexandria /; Biagio Dolfin – Public Servant and Merchant /; Crusade and Levant Trade /; Slave Trade and Solidarities /; Venice as Protector of Pilgrims and the Power of the cortexia /; Per onor di san Marcho – Wanderings of St Mark’s Head /; Shed Wine – Anti-Christian Riots in Alexandria? /; Prolungar la muda – Conflict over the Spice Fair’s Deadline /; Non per pato, ma per complaxer – Modalities of the Customs Clearance /; Per cholpa, defeto et triste maniere – The Conflict Surrounding the Sultan’s Pepper /; The Case of Giacomo Zorzi: Release of a Debt Prisoner /; Epilogue: Montar al Caiero – Quasi-Martyrdom of the Consul? /; Conclusion – Types of Truth /; Partial Reconstruction of Biagio Dolfin’s Correspondence /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 1283470705; 9786613470706; 9004222006
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Georg Christ.

Analysing different conflicts in Late Medieval Alexandria, this book offers new insights into the micro-mechanics of Venetian life and trade in Egypt and recalibrates the narrative of the strictly regulated and often violent contacts between East and West. This thorough microanalysis, based on the private archive of a Venetian merchant and consul in Alexandria read in conjunction with other Venetian and Mamluk sources, provides a differentiated image of conflict patterns cutting across the cultural divide. It transforms our image of Alexandria as a city at the intersection of Orient and Occident into that of a microcosm in its own right where disputes did not always fall neatly along cultural divides and conflicts were traded as much as trade created conflicts.