A través de la 'foce stretta': de Sevilla a Valencia y no solamente (1382-1411)

• Autores: Angela Orlandi
• Localización: Nuova rivista storica, ISSN 0029-6236, Vol. 103, Nº. 1, 2019, págs. 109-142
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • This study reconstructs the general framework of the maritime and commercialconnections of Seville between the late fourteenth and early Fifteenth Century, thendeepening the characteristics of its relationship with Valencia. The analysis is based oncorrespondence, bills of lading and other types of commercial documents produced byFrancesco Datini, the merchant of Prato, integrated with information traced in someTuscan and Venetian trade manuals.Seville and Valencia, although very different, possessed all the characteristics necessaryto cover important economic roles. Both enjoyed a favorable geographic locationalong major transportation routes. Also Cadiz assumed a decisive role, sharing withthe City of the Guadalquivir the task to accommodate vessels of all flags. The strengthsof the three cities were, as well as their proximity to the sea, the richness of theiragricultural hinterland and the action of Catalan, Sevillian and Gaditan merchants,who managed to keep their trade intense along the Iberian and African coasts.Typical agricultural and livestock products came from Andalusia, such as oil,wheat and leather, as well as mercury, wax, lacquer, malagueta pepper, grain, silk,tallow, tuna, and pearls; along the opposite direction, the Tuscantrade partnershipsoperating in Valencia distributed towards the Andalusian cities raw materials, food,tools for the textile industry, furnishing, armaments, but also cloths from Valenciaand the surrounding area, Bolognese taffetas, Florentine woolen cloths, damasks andwoven of camel’s hair.