:<i>The "Mother of All Trades": The Baltic Grain Trade in Amsterdam from the Late 16th to the Early 19th Century</i>

Thomson, Erik; Tielhof, M. van

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“…Amsterdam was again the pivot in a trade that emptied Nordic warehouses of grain once navigation was possible in the spring, and then carried on through summer. Amsterdam merchant and mayor Cornelis Hooft brokered the first shipment of rye in October 1591 and actively pushed to expand the new trade by sending one of his sons to Italy to learn the language and manage local contracts (Van Tielhof 2002).…”

Section: Global Foodwaysmentioning

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Senses of Space in the Early Modern World

Terpstra

2024

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How did early moderns experience sense and space? How did the expanding cultural, political, and social horizons of the period emerge out of those experiences and further shape them This Element takes an approach that is both global expansive and locally rooted by focusing on four cities as key examples: Florence, Amsterdam, Boston, and Manila. They relate to distinct parts of European cultural and colonialist experience from north to south, republican to monarchical, Catholic to Protestant. Without attempting a comprehensive treatment, the Element aims to convey the range of distinct experiences of space and sense as these varied by age, gender, race, and class. Readers see how sensory and spatial experiences emerged through religious cultures which were themselves shaped by temporal rhythms, and how sound and movement expressed gathering economic and political forces in an emerging global order. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Section: Global Foodwaysmentioning

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Senses of Space in the Early Modern World

Terpstra

2024

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“…On the one hand, they sought to control the distribution, price, storage, and consumption of crops (Rahlf, 1996), on the other hand, they attempted to increase the import of grain—often at great cost and over long distances (Krämer, 2015; Palm, 2022; Persson, 1999; Seppel, 2015). The sudden rise of the Baltic grain trade has often been identified as a reaction to periods of severe food shortage during the 16th century (van Tielhof, 2002). Other common government measures were exemption from taxes and fees in famine years or, more typically, the deferment of payment (Huhtamaa et al, 2022), albeit less formalized than, for example, in China during the same period (Shiue, 2004).…”

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Famines in medieval and early modern Europe—Connecting climate and society

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Collet

2023

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The article evaluates recent scholarship on famines in Europe during the medieval and early modern periods (c. 700–1800), synthesizing the state‐of‐the‐art knowledge and identifying both research gaps and interdisciplinary potentials. Particular focus is placed on how, and to what extent, climatic change and variability is given explanatory power in famine causation. Current research, supported by recent advances in palaeoclimatology, reveals that anomalous cold conditions constituted the main environmental backdrop for severe food production crises that could result in famines in pre‐industrial Europe. Such food crises occurred most frequently between c. 1550 and 1710, during the climax of the Little Ice Age cooling, and can be connected to the strong dependency on grain in Europe during this period. The available body of scholarship demonstrates that famines in medieval and early modern Europe best can be understood as the result of the interactions of climatic and societal stressors responding to pre‐existing vulnerabilities. Recent research has shown that societal responses to these famines, and the appropriation of their consequences, have been much more comprehensive, dynamic, and substantial than previously assumed. The article concludes by providing recommendations for future studies on historical famines.This article is categorized under: Climate, History, Society, Culture > Major Historical Eras Climate, History, Society, Culture > Disciplinary Perspectives Paleoclimates and Current Trends > Paleoclimate

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“…Jahrhundert haben sich die Handelswege auf das Baltikum und später auf Amerika ausgedehnt (siehe ebd. ;van Tielhof 2002).…”

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Bühler¹

2019

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Globale Märkte werden von den einen gelobt, von den anderen verteufelt. Doch wie sind sie entstanden und wie lassen sie sich soziologisch untersuchen? Dieses Buch zeigt sowohl an modernen als auch an vormodernen Getreidemärkten, wie sich eine Konkurrenz verschiedener Angebote einstellen konnte. Vergleichspraktiken und Publikumsimaginationen haben sich historisch derart verändert, dass während des 19. Jahrhunderts Handelsnetzwerke von globalen Beobachtungshorizonten überlagert wurden und die Kaufleute zunehmend mit einem globalen Markt rechnen mussten.

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:The "Mother of All Trades": The Baltic Grain Trade in Amsterdam from the Late 16th to the Early 19th Century

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Senses of Space in the Early Modern World

Senses of Space in the Early Modern World

Famines in medieval and early modern Europe—Connecting climate and society

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