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La integración del reino nazarí de Granada en el espacio comercial europeo (siglos XIII–XV)

2006; Elsevier BV; Volume: 2; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1698-6989(06)70266-1

2340-3373

Ádela Fábregas García,

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies

There is no doubt about the presence of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in the mercantile platform of Europe. Various indicators support that: different foreign mercantile communities worked in the area; the most important European races activated here sophisticated financial and mercantile technologies; the Nasrid ports were opened for the maritime international traffic; and lastly, Nasrid commodities could be found in the most important European markets. This integration of the Nasrid kingdom took place in a widespread context of economic development in Occident, generated a strong dinamization of the commercial activity and meant a reorientation of its socio-economic structure. Overcome this general approach, up to the moment however has been complex to identify the guidelines of that evolution. This research extensively based on a new and splendid data —the accounting deprived of Genovese merchants active in Granada between 1435 and 1455—, constituted a first approach to these topics.