In this contribution, presented at the Accademia Belgica in Rome in 1967, Federigo Melis tackled a topic that was much discussed in those years, namely the role of Bruges as a national and international marketplace between the 14th and 15th centuries. He presented the Flemish city as a nexus, a link between Northern European and Mediterranean trade, between Romanic and Germanic peoples. From research based on the rich Tuscan archival documentation, Bruges appears to be a meeting point of multiple interests, welcoming merchants of all origins and prepared to play a role in the collection and redistribution of a large number of goods. This role derived mainly from the decline of the Champagne fairs and the opening of regular shipping lines passing through the Strait of Gibraltar.
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Book Title
Bruges nesso economico tra i popoli romanici e germanici (secoli XIV-XV) / Bruges: The Economic Nexus between Romanic and Germanic Peoples (14th-15th Centuries)
Editors
Angela Orlandi
Authors
Federigo Melis
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
80
Publication Year
2024
Copyright Information
© 2024 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0350-0
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0349-4
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0350-0
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0351-7
Series Title
Biblioteca di storia
Series ISSN
2464-9007
Series E-ISSN
2704-5986