 Provisioning a Medium-Sized City in a Polycentric State: Vicenza and Venice, 1516–1629Luca Clerici ()
Chapter Chapter 4 in Italian Victualling Systems in the Early Modern Age, 16th to 18th Century, 2021, pp 103-143 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Vicenza was a populous and wealthy city of the Republic of Venice. Victuals provisioning in it—as in all early modern cities—followed different patterns for different goods and in different times, in a flexible and pragmatic manner. In this chapter, three paradigmatic cases are considered: that of cheese, abundantly supplied by many different categories of sellers; that of meat and fish, more delicate foodstuffs both from the point of view of health safety and of the regularity of the supply; that of wheat, the most strategic foodstuff at the time. In all these cases, the negotiation between public authorities and the various categories provisioning the city emerges as a distinctive feature. To a certain extent, negotiation was also possible between Vicenza and Venice, even if available options were limited by the priority given to the needs of the capital city. Keywords: Early modern Vicenza; Early modern Venice; Marketplace; Food trade; Guilds (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-42064-2_4 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42064-2_4 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Studies in Economic History from Palgrave Macmillan |
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