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Identità, valore, prezzo: nuove proposte di analisi e comparazione sul mercato degli schiavi a Napoli in età moderna
2017
International audience; This article aims at studying the formation process of personal identities of men forced to work at the oar in Naples at the end of the 16th century in comparison with the Kingdom of Valencia at the beginning of the 17th. At that time, Naples and Valencia were two of the most important slave markets as well as trading cities of the Spanish Empire. The research will take into account two types of sources that have remained largely unexplored by historiography to date, and especially a book dating back to 1585 detailing the biographies of 657 slaves. This will make it possible to focus in depth on slaves identities and in particular on the estimation process regarding …
Schiavitù mediterranea. Corsari, rinnegati e santi di età moderna
2009
Durante l'età moderna l'area mediterranea è segnata dalla guerra da corsa e dalla pirateria, su cui prosperano intere città, cristiane e musulmane. Quanti cadono in mano corsara, ridotti in schiavitù, attendono di essere riscattati o scambiati e, in cattività danno origine a una intricata storia di abiure e conversioni -dall'islam al cristianesimo e viceversa. Il libro, basato su ricche e talvolta inesplorate fonti documentarie,mostra il forte coinvolgimento delle istituzioni laiche ed ecclesiastiche in questa nuova dimensione della contesa politica internazionale. L'efficacia nella evangelizzazione dei captivi e degli schiavi ha come risultato eclatante la canonizzazione di santi neri (com…
Agency or impotence: Sicilian women in the context of captivity.
In this position paper I will put forward a small array of case studies in order to better understand the role of sicilian women in captivity related situations during the XVII-XVIIIXIX centuries, specifically how much gender influenced the practices of mediation, ransom and redemption of slaves. Those case studies constitutes part of my research work, and my aim is to test the conclusions of this paper by further archival research. I will highlight the role of sicilian women not only as captives but also in the mediation for the rescue of their relatives and in the funding of the redeeming missions. Of course, women in those centuries were generally subjugated to the will of their fathers,…