This article describes the activity of a network of Corsican merchants and sailors active in the Western Mediterranean between the sixteenth and the seventeenth century, in particular in Tunis, Marseille, Leghorn and the areas of Corsica under Genoa’s rule. Based on early-seventeenth-century factums and memorials, and notary deeds and documents from the archives of the Record’s Office of the French Consulate in Tunis, this essay describes how several families of Corsican merchants – some naturalised French in Marseille, some converted to Islam in Tunis – were part of the political and economic elites of the Mediterranean area.
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Chapter Title
Un réseau corse entre l’Afrique du Nord et l’Europe. Commerce maritime, institutions et enrichissement au tournant des XVIe et XVIIe siècles
Authors
Guillaume Calafat
Language
French
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-857-0.21
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2019
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© 2019 Author(s)
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Book Title
Reti marittime come fattori dell’integrazione europea / Maritime Networks as a Factor in European Integration
Editors
Giampiero Nigro
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
592
Publication Year
2019
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© 2019 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-856-3
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-856-3
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-857-0
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-037-3
Series Title
Atti delle «Settimane di Studi» e altri Convegni
Series ISSN
2704-6354
Series E-ISSN
2704-5668