Maritime Networks and Premodern Conflict Management on Multiple Levels. The Example of Danzig and the Giese Family

This article argues that a novel way to analyse maritime networks in premodern northern Europe is to trace the activities of people involved in conflict management. These people were traders, magistrates, judges, urban diplomats: sometimes all comprised in one person or a family. Specifically, if we...

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Main Author: Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Firenze University Press 2019
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