«Fin qui il popolo n[ost]ro si è cibato con li fichi et con le uve». Famine and Food Supply in 16th-century Dubrovnik
Journal title SOCIETÀ E STORIA
Author/s Stefano d’Atri
Publishing Year 2021 Issue 2021/172
Language Italian Pages 27 P. 259-285 File size 193 KB
DOI 10.3280/SS2021-172002
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What are the reasons for studying Mediterranean famines in the early modern age? The author attempts to answer this question by proposing to analyze a famine with a comparative approach embracing the long sixteenth century; in other words by trying to build a model of intervention by the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) not only in the face of crises, but also in relation to the provisioning system as a whole. This "Ragusa system" shows a mixture of "political genius" and commercial enterprise, which has its foundation and raison d’etre in the privileged relationship of the Republic with the Ottoman Empire. This relationship was a source of undoubted strength but it also, as cass. will be argued in the paper, involved a danger of potential weakness.
Keywords: Ragusa, Mediterranean, annona, famine, system, diplomacy
Stefano d’Atri, «Fin qui il popolo n[ost]ro si è cibato con li fichi et con le uve». Carestie e annona nella Ragusa (Dubrovnik) del XVI secolo in "SOCIETÀ E STORIA " 172/2021, pp 259-285, DOI: 10.3280/SS2021-172002