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Insecurity and Opportunity in the Middle Sea
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Chapter 2 argues that endemic insecurity in the Mediterranean and the instability of religious boundaries conditioned the expansion of Livorno. The process of settling merchants in Livorno raised issues of contract enforcement comparable to that of commerce itself. Medici legislation did not offer sufficient protections against expulsions of settlers and expropriations of property. Regime agents worked tirelessly to provide adequate assurances that Livorno’s privileges would be enforced. These negotiations channeled the city’s growth in unexpected directions. Rather than provide Tuscan merchants with a means of breaking directly into distant markets, Livorno came to serve foreign merchants as a center of deposit and transit for goods traversing the shores of the Mediterranean.
Title: Insecurity and Opportunity in the Middle Sea
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Chapter 2 argues that endemic insecurity in the Mediterranean and the instability of religious boundaries conditioned the expansion of Livorno.
The process of settling merchants in Livorno raised issues of contract enforcement comparable to that of commerce itself.
Medici legislation did not offer sufficient protections against expulsions of settlers and expropriations of property.
Regime agents worked tirelessly to provide adequate assurances that Livorno’s privileges would be enforced.
These negotiations channeled the city’s growth in unexpected directions.
Rather than provide Tuscan merchants with a means of breaking directly into distant markets, Livorno came to serve foreign merchants as a center of deposit and transit for goods traversing the shores of the Mediterranean.
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