Genoa and the Sea
Policy and Power in an Early Modern Maritime Republic, 1559–1684
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Genoa and the Sea
Policy and Power in an Early Modern Maritime Republic, 1559–1684
About this book
Genoa enjoyed an important and ever-changing role in the early modern Mediterranean world. In medieval times, the city transformed itself from a tumultuous maritime republic into a stable and prosperous one, making it one of the most important financial centers in Europe. When Spanish influence in the Mediterranean world began to decline, Genoa, its prosperity closely linked with Spain's, again had to reinvent itself and its economic stature.
In Genoa and the Sea, historian Thomas Allison Kirk reconstructs the early modern Mediterranean world and closely studies Genoa's attempt to evolve in the ever-changing political and economic landscape. He focuses on efforts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to revive shipbuilding and maritime commerce as a counterbalance to the city's volatile financial sector. A key component to the plan was a free port policy that attracted merchants and stimulated trade.
Through extensive research and close reading of primary documents, Kirk discusses the underpinnings of this complex early modern republic. Genoa's transformations offer insight into the significant and sweeping changes that were taking place all over Europe.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Illustrations and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Republic Genoa in the Early Modern World
- 2 The Genoese and the Republic of Genoa
- 3 Public Galleys and Private Interests, 1559–1607
- 4 Diplomacy and the Rearmament Debate: The Weight of the Spanish Alliance, 1607–1640
- 5 The Lure of the World’s Seas, 1640–1680
- 6 Galleons, Galleys, and the Free Port: Ships and Power in a Little Country
- 7 Conclusion: A Century of Ships and Paper
- Appendix A. Operating Costs of “Free Galleys,” 1646
- Appendix B. Breakdown of Annual Operating Expenses of a Mixed-Crew Galley, 1652
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index