Production, Markets and Socio-economic Structures I: c.1100–c.1320

Stabel, Peter; Puttevils, Jeroen; Dumolyn, Jan

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“…99 The commercial elite largely abandoned overseas trade and instead focused on the establishment of a material, commercial and financial infrastructure in support of the foreign merchants in the city. 100 Bruges transformed from an industrial city into a more differentiated trading centre. The port functions and the transhipment of goods were outsourced.…”

Section: Porpoise As a Giftmentioning

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Porpoise, punishment and partnership: the meaning of presenting and consuming a marine mammal in late medieval coastal Flanders

Dillen

2021

Urban History

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Late medieval sources reveal an annual handover of a marine mammal between the council of the small coastal city of Blankenberge and the aldermen of Bruges. The reason for the transfer is not disclosed by the sources, and there is no consensus among historians as to the interpretation of this behaviour. This article explores the role of the presentation and consumption of a porpoise in the relationship between Blankenberge and the nearby medieval metropolis of Bruges. I argue that a porpoise supported the crucial, mutually beneficial ties of solidarity between two communities favouring their position and opportunities in the competitive maritime landscape.

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Section: Porpoise As a Giftmentioning

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Porpoise, punishment and partnership: the meaning of presenting and consuming a marine mammal in late medieval coastal Flanders

Dillen

2021

Urban History

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Bruges nesso economico tra i popoli romanici e germanici (secoli XIV-XV) / Bruges: The Economic Nexus between Romanic and Germanic Peoples (14th-15th Centuries)

Melis

2024

Biblioteca Di Storia

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In this contribution, presented at the Accademia Belgica in Rome in 1967, Federigo Melis tackled a topic that was much discussed in those years, namely the role of Bruges as a national and international marketplace between the 14th and 15th centuries. He presented the Flemish city as a nexus, a link between Northern European and Mediterranean trade, between Romanic and Germanic peoples. From research based on the rich Tuscan archival documentation, Bruges appears to be a meeting point of multiple interests, welcoming merchants of all origins and prepared to play a role in the collection and redistribution of a large number of goods. This role derived mainly from the decline of the Champagne fairs and the opening of regular shipping lines passing through the Strait of Gibraltar.

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Production, Markets and Socio-economic Structures I: c.1100–c.1320

Cited by 2 publications

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Porpoise, punishment and partnership: the meaning of presenting and consuming a marine mammal in late medieval coastal Flanders

Porpoise, punishment and partnership: the meaning of presenting and consuming a marine mammal in late medieval coastal Flanders

Bruges nesso economico tra i popoli romanici e germanici (secoli XIV-XV) / Bruges: The Economic Nexus between Romanic and Germanic Peoples (14th-15th Centuries)

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