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Provisioning a Medium-Sized City in a Polycentric State: Vicenza and Venice, 1516–1629

In: Italian Victualling Systems in the Early Modern Age, 16th to 18th Century

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  • Luca Clerici

    (Università degli Studi di Padova)

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.

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  • Luca Clerici, 2021. "Provisioning a Medium-Sized City in a Polycentric State: Vicenza and Venice, 1516–1629," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: Luca Clerici (ed.), Italian Victualling Systems in the Early Modern Age, 16th to 18th Century, chapter 0, pages 103-143, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-42064-2_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42064-2_4
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