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Through the Water and the Storm - Antonio Iodice

Through the Water and the Storm

Maritime Averages and Seaborne Trade in Early Modern Genoa, 1590-1700

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Buch | Hardcover
322 Seiten
2025
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-831-8 (ISBN)
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Drawing on quantitative, socio-economic and legal methodologies, this book examines the features of Mediterranean seaborne trade through the maritime Average procedures drafted or sent to Genoa, a small but wealthy Italian maritime republic, between 1590 and 1700.
The maritime legal framework of General Average (GA) remains an enigmatic and overlooked process within the history of seaborne trade. An ancient rule that redates Roman Law, it continues to be operational today, in a largely unchanged state, mandating the redistribution of unexpected costs that arise during a maritime expedition amongst shipowners and merchants. In this detailed examination of Average procedures within the Italian maritime republic of Genoa, between the years 1590 and 1700, Through the Water and the Storm demonstrates how this rich data can be used to investigate the dynamics of Mediterranean seaborne trade.

Antonio Iodice is a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Roma Tre. A former postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Genoa, as well as an honorary Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Exeter, his research considers early modern European maritime risk management, trade, and mobility, with a specific focus on the Republic of Genoa and the Tyrrhenian region. His recent publications include:; ‘The “Palladium of Prosperity”: Lobbying Between Marseilles and Paris from the Revolution to the Restoration (1789-1817)’, Business History, and a chapter entitled, ‘General Average in Genoa: between rules and customs’ in Sharing Risk: General Average and European Maritime Business (VI-XVIII Centuries), (ed. Addobbati, A., M. Fusaro, L. Piccinno, Palgrave Macmillan 2023).

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Notes on Text, Transliteration

List of Abbreviations

Measures and Currencies



Introduction



Chapter 1. Genoa and Its Port in the Early Modern World

Chapter 2. The Evolution of Average Rules as a Mirror of Genoese Maritime Trade Need

Chapter 3. The Twilight Zone: Borderline and Illegal Practices

Chapter 4. Maritime Trade Calling at the Port of Genoa



Conclusion



Appendix I: Genoese Statuti Civili, 1589

Appendix II: Memorandum against Barratry and False Reports, 1690

Appendix III: Report of the Patrone Giacomo S. Michele, 1638

Appendix IV: Report of the Patrone Santino Fugone, 1640

Appendix V: Report of the Patrone Gregorio Graffigna, 1640

Appendix VI: Report of the Patrone Lorenzo Cappello, 1698

Appendix VII: List of Known Calculators by Year, 1598-1700

Appendix VIII: Report and Calculation “Templates”, 1692

Appendix IX: Memoir on GA Contributing Values and Targa’s Reply, 1691

Appendix X: Routes Followed by Schiaffino (1598) and Losardo (1690)



Bibliography

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Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Mediterranean Counterpoints
Zusatzinfo 17 Illustrations
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte
ISBN-10 1-80539-831-8 / 1805398318
ISBN-13 978-1-80539-831-8 / 9781805398318
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