Local Integration and Long-Distance Ties: The Castilian Community in Sixteenth-Century Bruges
The wills of Castilian residents of Bruges between 1544 and 1569 permit an analysis of their writers' activities and attitudes at the peak of the wool trade, their main economic activity. The Castilians began to invest locally, and their economic diversification reinforced other local social ti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1986
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1986, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 33-49 |
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| Summary: | The wills of Castilian residents of Bruges between 1544 and 1569 permit an analysis of their writers' activities and attitudes at the peak of the wool trade, their main economic activity. The Castilians began to invest locally, and their economic diversification reinforced other local social ties. A third of those who married chose Flemish spouses. Their children married and raised families in Flanders. Local integration had become more important than the maintenance of ties with Spain. Consequently, the Castilian Consulado of Bruges lasted until the eighteenth century, long after the wool trade had ceased to be of primary importance. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2541354 |