Chapter ‘Wherever they consider it more profitable, for cash, baratto or credit’. Florentine merchants and the export of silk cloth (15th-16th centuries)
This article is centred on baratto, or market exchange, which consisted in making payments in kind even in the context of a monetised economy. Documentary evidence shows how frequently this type of commercial transaction was adopted in late-medieval long-distance trade, and which strategies led to i...
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| description | This article is centred on baratto, or market exchange, which consisted in making payments in kind even in the context of a monetised economy. Documentary evidence shows how frequently this type of commercial transaction was adopted in late-medieval long-distance trade, and which strategies led to its adoption. Far from being a feature of a ‘primitive’ economy, baratto in international trade implied a network of information, a knowledge of the demand and an ability to connect marketplaces, that only few possessed. Examples are taken mainly from account-books and correspondence of Italian (Florentine) merchants, who we able both to assess the monetary value of each merchandise and to know the market where it would be more profitable to sell it for cash or, again, through baratto. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1508012025-01-31T09:54:33Z Chapter ‘Wherever they consider it more profitable, for cash, baratto or credit’. Florentine merchants and the export of silk cloth (15th-16th centuries) GUIDI BRUSCOLI, FRANCESCO Barter silk Levant Florentine merchants thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history This article is centred on baratto, or market exchange, which consisted in making payments in kind even in the context of a monetised economy. Documentary evidence shows how frequently this type of commercial transaction was adopted in late-medieval long-distance trade, and which strategies led to its adoption. Far from being a feature of a ‘primitive’ economy, baratto in international trade implied a network of information, a knowledge of the demand and an ability to connect marketplaces, that only few possessed. Examples are taken mainly from account-books and correspondence of Italian (Florentine) merchants, who we able both to assess the monetary value of each merchandise and to know the market where it would be more profitable to sell it for cash or, again, through baratto. 2025-01-31T09:54:32Z 2025-01-31T09:54:32Z 2024-12-20T12:35:32Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20241220_9791221503470_214 2975-1195 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96419 9791221503470 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150801 eng Datini Studies in Economic History open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/96419/1/41427.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0347-0.14 10.36253/979-12-215-0347-0.14 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221503470 17 Florence open access |
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