Imperial Ambition in the Early Modern Mediterranean
Imperial Ambition in the Early Modern Mediterranean
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GBPThis book examines the alliance between the Spanish Crown and Genoese merchant bankers in southern Italy throughout the early modern era, when Spain and Genoa developed a symbiotic economic relationship, undergirded by a cultural and spiritual alliance. Analyzing early modern imperialism, migration, and trade, this book shows that the spiritual entente between the two nations was mainly informed by the religious division of the Mediterranean Sea. The Turkish threat in the Mediterranean reinforced the commitment of both the Spanish Crown and the Genoese merchants to Christianity. Spain's imperial strategy was reinforced by its willingness to acculturate to southern Italy through organized beneficence, representation at civic ceremonies, and spiritual guidance during religious holidays.
- Will find an audience among people and scholars interested in early modern European history, Spanish history, Italian history, Mediterranean history, and social and cultural history
- Using southern Italy as a test case, Dauverd discusses how Genoese finances enabled Spanish ascendency on the European continent
- This book demonstrates that the spiritual entente between the two nations was mainly informed by the religious division of the Mediterranean Sea
Reviews & endorsements
'This book's greatest strength is its call for further examination of the importance of the Genoese diaspora in southern Italy and its insistence on a re-evaluation of both the governance of the Kingdom of Naples and the pivotal role of that kingdom in the Spanish Empire.' Thomas Kirk, The Journal of Modern History
'The book shows convincingly that the symbiosis between the mercantile empire and the dynastic one 'was not just a matter of economics, as the current historiography suggests, but was also underpinned and strengthened by powerful sociocultural ties'.' Rolf Petri, European History Quarterly
Product details
September 2014Hardback
9781107062368
310 pages
234 × 158 × 22 mm
0.59kg
4 b/w illus. 2 maps 6 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. Empires of the Renaissance, 1453–1650: the Genoese response to shifting alliances in the Mediterranean
- 2. Genoese emporium and Spanish imperium in the Kingdom of Naples
- 3. Commercial ascension through silk: Genoese artisans, merchants, bakers
- 4. Achieving favorite nation status: the economic journey of the Genoese
- 5. The Genoese merchants: between the viceroys' buon governo and Habsburg expansion
- 6. Holy Week: the Genoese in the ceremonial triptych
- 7. The Genoese eye of the storm: spiritual competition in church, sea, and grave
- 8. The Genoese participation in charitable institutions.
