A Dissimulated Trade

Northern European Timber Merchants in Seville (1574–1598)

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In A Dissimulated Trade, Germán Jiménez-Montes sheds light on the role of foreigners in the Spanish empire. Making use of the rich collection of notarial deeds available at the Archivo Histórico Provincial de Sevilla, this book examines how a group of Dutch, Flemish and German merchants came to dominate the supply of timber in Seville. With this microhistory, Germán Jiménez-Montes offers a new account on the trade between Andalusia and northern Europe at the end of the sixteenth century, focusing on a resource that was essential for Seville’s economy and Spain’s imperial aspirations.
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2022
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Germán Jiménez-Montes, Ph.D. (2020, University of Groningen) is a Margarita Salas postdoctoral researcher at the University of Seville. He has published several articles on the trade between Andalusia and northern Europe in the sixteenth century.
Acknowledgements

Abbreviation of Archives and Digital Sources

List of Illustrations, Figures and Tables

Note on Terminology

Introduction

1 War and Trade in Andalusia
 1 Philip ii’s Embargoes: More than Commercial War

 2 Subversion of the Market
 2.1 Claiming for Compensations

 2.2 The Seville-Sanlúcar Axis


 3 State’s Collaboration with the Market
 3.1 Royal Licence to Nicolás de Melemburque


 4 Seville’s Opposition to the Embargoes
 4.1 The Embargoes of 1585 and 1595

 4.2 Enemies of the Monarchy? Foreigners as Well as Natives


 5 Conclusion


2 Atarazanas Merchants Migration and Social Capital
 1 Flemish Migration to Seville
 1.1 Migration before the War

 1.2 Migration During the War


 2 Collaboration with Seville and Social Capital
 2.1 Control and Conversion of the Reales Atarazanas

 2.2 The Encabezamiento

 2.3 The Nation


 3 Conclusion


3 Casa y Servicio
 1 Marriage Practices
 1.1 Flemish Women in the Atarazanas


 2 Cooperation between In-laws
 2.1 Dowry Promises


 3 Servicio
 3.1 Domestic Workers

 3.2 Workers of the Firm


 4 Conclusion


4 Cooperation in Long-Distance Trade
 1 Partnerships
 1.1 Equity Partnerships

 1.2 Silent Equity Partnerships

 1.3 Commission Partnerships

 1.4 Notarisation of Partnerships


 2 Agency
 2.1 A Financial Tool

 2.2 A Global Tool


 3 Conclusion


5 Timber Trade and Andalusian Exports
 1 Access to Supply Markets
 1.1 The Amsterdam-Seville Connection

 1.2 Two Shipping Networks


 2 The Andalusian Port System and the North-European Shipping Networks

 3 Andalusian Salt, Other Exports and Imported Grain
 3.1 Other Exports

 3.2 Wheat from the Sea


 4 Conclusion


6 Supply to the Carrera de Indias and to the Royal Navy
 1 Regulation of the Carrera de Indias
 1.1 Preparation of the American fleets

 1.2 Access to American Silver

 1.3 Demand of Imported Naval Provisions


 2 Supply to the Royal Navy
 2.1 Demand of Imported Naval Provisions

 2.2 An Incipient Naval Bureaucracy in Andalusia


 3 Conclusion


Conclusion

Annexes
 A List of Atarazanas Merchants

 B Glossary of Timber Products and Other Naval Provisions

 C Units

 D Archival References of Testaments

 E Archival References of Dowry Promises

 F Archival References of Partnership Contracts

 G Archival References of Finiquitos

 H Archival References of Slave Sales


Digital Resources

Bibliography

Index

All interested in the Spanish Empire, early modern merchant communities, empire building and the relationship between trade and war, particularly during the Eighty Years’ War. Keywords: Eighty Years’ War, Carrera de Indias, Seville, Amsterdam, Spanish Empire, Dutch Republic, Merchant communities, empire building, Atlantic trade, sixteenth-century Atlantic, timber trade, shipbuilding, notarial records, foreigners, migration.
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Publisher:
Brill
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 260 pp.: 8 figs., 4 maps, 19 tables
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004504110

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