La construcción de un entrepôt:organización urbana de los mercaderes extranjeros en Sevilla en la segunda mitad del siglo XVI
- Germán Jiménez Montes
- Juan Manuel Castillo Rubio
- Fortea Pérez, José Ignacio (coord.)
- Gelabert, Juan E. (coord.)
- López Vela, Roberto (coord.)
- Postigo Castellanos, Elena (coord.)
Publisher: Fundación Española de Historia Moderna ; Universidad de Cantabria
ISBN: 978-84-949424-1-9
Year of publication: 2018
Volume Title: Comunicaciones
Volume: 2
Pages: 325-335
Congress: Asociación Española de Historia Moderna (15. 2018. Madrid)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
This paper examines the urban strategies of foreign communities in sixteenthcentury Seville and their impact on the city, which by the time was the Spanish entrepôt for trade between Europe and America. The study focuses on the evolution of the Flemish and German population in the second half of the century. During this period, the community developed from a small number of individuals to a prosperous community that constructed a chapel in the most thriving area of town. The analysis is based on fiscal censuses and notarial documents that allows us to understand the correlation between their position in town and their socio-economic activities