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Record Nr.

UNINA9910558095503321

Autore

Vanneste Tijl

Titolo

Intra-European Litigation in Eighteenth-Century Izmir : the role of the merchants' style / / Tijl Vanneste

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brill, 2021

Leiden : , : BRILL, , 2021

ISBN

90-04-49823-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 366 pages) : color illustrations, color map

Collana

Mediterranean Reconfigurations

Disciplina

347.561012

Soggetti

Commercial courts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Dutch in the Levant -- The Dutch Consular Court of Izmir -- The adjudication of commercial disputes within the Dutch community -- Intra-European litigation -- Ottomans at the Dutch Consular Court -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an account of how merchants litigated on the basis of mercantile custom as well as specific legal procedures, using an ensemble of cases brought before the Dutch consul in Izmir in the second half of the eighteenth century.; Readership: All interested in the legal and socio-cultural tools early modern merchants had at their disposal to ensure the functioning of long-distance and cross-cultural trade. Those interested in European presence in the Ottoman Empire.