Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics in Medieval Genoa
List of figures List of tables Abbreviations Acknowledgments 1. From sword into capital 2. Genoa at the dawn of the commercial expansion 3. Equity partnerships for heterogeneous ties 4. Credit network for routinized merchants 5. Insurance ties for oligarchic cohesion 6. Conclusion Appendix A. Sample of prices and income Appendix B. Sample of long distance trade participants' occupations Appendix C. Commenda network graphs Appendix D. Nodal degree distributions of commenda networks Appendix E. List of top mercantile nonaristocratic families Appendix F. Partner selection probability model Bibliography Index.