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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Georg Christ -- Introduction / Georg Christ -- Levant Trade / Georg Christ -- Venetian Commercial Privileges in the Mamluk Empire / Georg Christ -- The Venetian Consulate in Alexandria / Georg Christ -- Biagio Dolfin – Public Servant and Merchant / Georg Christ -- Crusade and Levant Trade / Georg Christ -- Slave Trade and Solidarities / Georg Christ -- Venice as Protector of Pilgrims and the Power of the cortexia / Georg Christ -- Per onor di san Marcho – Wanderings of St Mark’s Head / Georg Christ -- Shed Wine – Anti-Christian Riots in Alexandria? / Georg Christ -- Prolungar la muda – Conflict over the Spice Fair’s Deadline / Georg Christ -- Non per pato, ma per complaxer – Modalities of the Customs Clearance / Georg Christ -- Per cholpa, defeto et triste maniere – The Conflict Surrounding the Sultan’s Pepper / Georg Christ -- The Case of Giacomo Zorzi: Release of a Debt Prisoner / Georg Christ -- Epilogue: Montar al Caiero – Quasi-Martyrdom of the Consul? / Georg Christ -- Conclusion – Types of Truth / Georg Christ -- Partial Reconstruction of Biagio Dolfin’s Correspondence / Georg Christ -- Bibliography / Georg Christ -- Index / Georg Christ.