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Retail, Monopoly, and Privilege: the Dissolution of the Fishmongers' Guild of Venice, 1599

Retail, Monopoly, and Privilege: the Dissolution of the Fishmongers' Guild of Venice, 1599 <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In 1599, centuries of tradition came to an end when the Venetian fishmongers' guild was dissolved. In the late sixteenth century, the government had increasingly adopted a position that linked retailers to the crime of "monopoly," abusing their position at the expense of consumers. However, this simplistic conception of economic behavior proved disastrously misguided, and only a few years later the guild had to be restored. This humiliating reversal of government policy led to an important reappraisal of the role of retail guilds, and nothing similar would be attempted until the eighteenth century.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Early Modern History Brill

Retail, Monopoly, and Privilege: the Dissolution of the Fishmongers' Guild of Venice, 1599

Journal of Early Modern History , Volume 6 (4): 396 – Jan 1, 2002

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1385-3783
eISSN
1570-0658
DOI
10.1163/157006502X00202
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In 1599, centuries of tradition came to an end when the Venetian fishmongers' guild was dissolved. In the late sixteenth century, the government had increasingly adopted a position that linked retailers to the crime of "monopoly," abusing their position at the expense of consumers. However, this simplistic conception of economic behavior proved disastrously misguided, and only a few years later the guild had to be restored. This humiliating reversal of government policy led to an important reappraisal of the role of retail guilds, and nothing similar would be attempted until the eighteenth century.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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Journal of Early Modern HistoryBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2002

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