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30 - History
University of Sheffield
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Chapter title
Interessi privati e polizia dei mercati a Venezia, sec. XVI-XVII
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Rubbettino
Book title
La polizia del lavoro: il definirsi di un ambito di controllo
ISBN of book
9788849831931
Year of publication
2011
Number of additional authors
0
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
Yes
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
Historians have paid little attention to the question of how the laws governing market behaviour were actually enforced. On the one hand, historians of crime have tended to focus on violent crimes like murder or rape, neglecting mundane offences related to economic behaviour. On the other hand, economic historians have tended to take market regulations at face value, rather than examining how they were used in practice. This paper examines the policing of markets in early modern Venice, using evidence from guild accounts and prosecution records to reconsider the practice and function of policing the market.
