Download or read book Sant Agata Morosina an Argosy written by To Schulting and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 7th volume in the series devoted to artistic relations between Italy and the Netherlands features the experience of the Venetian nobleman Francesco Morosini, the owner of the Amsterdam-built ship Sant'Agata Morosina, and poses the question: what can have prompted the nobleman to have commissioned a ship "alla Veneziana" in a country so far from home? In attempting to answer the question, the author reveals the many ways in which decisions and developments at the highest political and diplomatic level influence events and have an impact on the life of individuals.

Download or read book Trading Places written by Maartje Van Gelder and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the Netherlandish merchant community in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Venice. It examines the merchants commercial activities, their social and communal relations, as well as their interaction with the Venetian state, which was accustomed to protect its own trade. The Netherlandish merchants in Venice, as part of an extensive international trading network, were ideally placed to connect Mediterranean and Atlantic commerce. They quickly became the most important group of foreign merchants in the city at a time of rapid economic changes. Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, this book shows how these immigrant traders used their strong commercial position to secure a place in Venice. It demonstrates how the changing balance of international commerce affected early modern Venetian society.

Download or read book Knowledge Patents Power written by Marius Buning and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge, Patents, Power offers a sophisticated analysis of patenting practices in the early modern Dutch Republic and their detailed legal framework, as well as the uses of expert knowledge not only in producing inventions but in evaluating them for patent purposes.