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.
This book examines the alliance between the Spanish Crown and Genoese merchants from 1450 to 1650.
Céline Dauverd is Assistant Professor of History and a board member of the Mediterranean Studies Group at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research focuses on sociocultural relations between Spain and Italy during the early modern era (1450–1650). She has published articles in the Sixteenth Century Journal, the Journal of World History, Mediterranean Studies, and the Journal of Levantine Studies.
'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
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