Resumen de Introduction: Risk andUncertainty in the EarlyModern World

Lewis Wade, Gijs Dreijer, Mallory Hope

• This article introduces the various articles in this forum. Itfirst sets the scene by show-ing why the maritime sector forms an excellent case study to investigate risk and uncer-tainty in the premodern world. Second, it problematises from a historical perspectiveboth Frank Knight’s and Douglass North’s approaches to risk and uncertainty, arguingthat notwithstanding the lack of data, premodern commerce could properly assessboth risk and uncertainty. Third, it introduces the various articles in the forum