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This article argues that a novel way to analyse maritime networks in premodern northern Europe is to trace the activities of people involved in conflict management. These people were traders, magistrates, judges, urban diplomats: sometimes all comprised in one person or a family. Specifically, if we...

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Published: Firenze University Press 2022
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-560132022-06-02T03:20:55Z Chapter Maritime Networks and Premodern Conflict Management on Multiple Levels. The Example of Danzig and the Giese Family Wubs-Mrozewicz, Justyna economic history danzig international trade commercial networks hansa This article argues that a novel way to analyse maritime networks in premodern northern Europe is to trace the activities of people involved in conflict management. These people were traders, magistrates, judges, urban diplomats: sometimes all comprised in one person or a family. Specifically, if we take the Hanseatic city of Danzig and the Giese family as an example, it becomes apparent that these ‘conflict managers’ operated on various levels: the city, the region, the state, the Hanse and on the level of politics and economic policy between states and cities. Economic interests and conflicts were intertwined with political, social and cultural matters, and should be investigated together. 2022-06-01T12:10:53Z 2022-06-01T12:10:53Z 2019 chapter ONIX_20220601_9788864538570_196 2704-5668 9788864538570 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56013 eng Atti delle «Settimane di Studi» e altri Convegni application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 14536.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/978-88-6453-857-0_24 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-6453-857-0.20 10.36253/978-88-6453-857-0.20 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788864538570 50 21 Florence open access
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