The Same but Different?: Inter-Cultural Trade and the Sephardim, 1595-1640 (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies)

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
1. Inter-culturality and the Sephardim......Page 44
The New Christians and the Amsterdam Sephardim—From Jews to Ethnic Group......Page 45
Manoel Rodrigues Vega......Page 53
Manoel Carvalho......Page 56
Bento Osorio......Page 60
2. Diaspora, Migration, and the Foundations of Inter-cultural Trade......Page 76
Theories of Diasporas......Page 77
The Disparate Strands of Diaspora......Page 83
Expulsion, Conversion and Inquisition......Page 85
The “Oriental” Diaspora: The Ottoman Domains and North Africa......Page 87
North Africa......Page 92
The “Occidental” Diaspora......Page 94
“The Low Countries”—Antwerp and Amsterdam......Page 95
France......Page 98
The German Territories......Page 102
The Italian City States......Page 103
Spain......Page 106
England......Page 108
The Portuguese Overseas Territories......Page 109
Angola......Page 110
Cabo Verde, São Tomé, and the Guinea Rivers......Page 112
Brazil......Page 115
Goa......Page 119
3. Merchants at Work: Opportunity, Integration, and Innovation......Page 124
Merchants and Their Milieu......Page 126
Manoel Rodrigues Vega......Page 127
Manoel Carvalho......Page 129
Bento Osorio......Page 130
Integrative Merchants......Page 131
Manoel Rodrigues Vega......Page 132
Manoel Carvalho......Page 136
Bento Osorio......Page 139
Manoel Rodrigues Vega......Page 142
Manoel Carvalho......Page 149
Bento Osorio......Page 151
Conclusion......Page 154
Network Terminology......Page 158
Amsterdam......Page 160
Rodrigues Vega, Carvalho, and Osorio as Amsterdam Merchants......Page 164
The Composition of Networks......Page 167
Manoel Rodrigues Vega and Cornelis Snellinck......Page 169
Manoel Carvalho and Albert Schuyt......Page 175
Bento Osorio, Claes Cornelisz Jut, and Dirck Thomasz. Glimmer......Page 178
Conclusion......Page 181
5. The Importance of the Occasional......Page 184
Manoel Rodrigues Vega......Page 185
Manoel Carvalho......Page 187
Bento Osorio......Page 190
Conclusion......Page 191
Shared Ownership and Trade......Page 192
Manoel Rodrigues Vega......Page 193
Manoel Carvalho......Page 200
Bento Osorio......Page 204
Conclusion......Page 210
Insurance......Page 212
Manoel Rodrigues Vega......Page 216
Manoel Carvalho......Page 219
Bento Osorio......Page 221
Conclusion......Page 224
Credit......Page 225
Manoel Rodrigues Vega......Page 226
Bento Osorio......Page 228
Conclusion......Page 230
6. The 1602 Sugar Confiscation—A Case Study in Inter-cultural Lobbying and Influence......Page 234
Lobbying and Interest Groups in the Seventeenth Century......Page 237
The Governmental Context......Page 239
The Sugar Confiscation of 1602......Page 241
Conclusion......Page 255
7. The Same but Different......Page 258
Manoel Rodrigues Vega: A Case Study in Inter-cultural Trade and Identity......Page 260
Manoel Carvalho: An Example of Integration......Page 264
Osorio: A Loner?......Page 268
Concluding Remarks and Avenues for Further Research......Page 282
Appendix 1. Largest Shippers to the Mediterranean, 1590–1620......Page 290
Appendix 2. Associates of Manoel Rodrigues Vega, 1597–1613......Page 292
Appendix 3. Associates of Manoel Carvalho, 1602–1636......Page 296
Appendix 4. Associates of Bento Osorio, 1610–1640......Page 300
Appendix 5. Dutch Signatories of the 1602 Petition to the Burgomasters of Amsterdam and Their Relationships with Sephardic Merchants......Page 307
Appendix 6. Data Analysis—Methods and Conclusions......Page 311
Bibliography......Page 316
Index......Page 338