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Genoese trade networks in the southern Iberian peninsula: trade, transmission of technical knowledge and economic interactions
- DOI:
- 10.1080/09518967.2010.494097
pages 35-51
- Published online: 17 Aug 2010
Abstract
This paper presents the results of a research project undertaken at the University of Granada, and in collaboration with several European research groups. We aim to investigate the process of interaction and integration between different economic areas in the western Mediterranean during the late Middle Ages. The southeast of the Iberian Peninsula has been analysed as a case study. Genoese merchants were particularly active within this area; they played a key role in connecting diverse trading areas (including Seville, Granada, and Valencia), thanks to their complex trading network. They controlled a wide range of production activities in key places, playing an important role in the transmission of technical know-how, and thereby promoting the reorganization of production activities. This complex process is exemplified by the production of high-quality pottery (regarded as a luxury item).
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- Published online: 17 Aug 2010
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- a Departamento de Historia Medieval y Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas , Universidad de Granada , Spain
Author biographies
Alberto García Porras (1969) is professor in Medieval History at the University of Granada, where he gained his PhD in Medieval History in 1998. Alberto has held post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Siena and Venice. His major area of interest is archaeological research on al-Andalus and he has published several works on this topic, especially on ceramics production. His approach to ceramics study includes social analysis on the production, consumption and distribution/trading of goods.
Adela Fábregas García (1969) is professor in Medieval History at the University of Granada, where she gained her PhD in Medieval History in 1999. Adela has held post-doctoral fellowships in Genoa, Lisbon and Venice. Her major area of interest is the international trade in the Nasrid Kingdom between the thirteenth and the fifteenth centuries, and the role of Italian merchants in particular.
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