The Valencian Merchant Joan Augier’s Accounts Book: Year 1604

2017

Merchants are essential figures in the economy of the modern centuries, and getting to know their activity allows for a better understanding of their environment. The accounts book therefore represents a valuable and also a scarce type of document, at least in xvi century Spain. The issue that made the following work possible spans years 1597-1613, and belonged to the Valencian merchant Joan Augier. The analysis of year 1604 reveals diversified economic and financial activity, among which we highlight import and export with Marseilles and Genoa, and tax renting or bond purchasing. The pages show a complex network of interprofessional relationships together with information concerning a rang…