’A man of particular ability’: A Jewish-Genoese military contractor in the fiscal-military system
Michael Martoccio
This article uses a case-study of one Jewish merchant, Jacob Levi, from the port of Genoa to explore the essential brokerage role of ethnic-religious minorities in the early modern fiscal-military system. With know-how built through his private businesses as well as a network of his co-religious, Levi became one of the most important suppliers of grain for the Bourbon army of northern Italy from 1702 to 1706.
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Michael Martoccio (2021) ’A man of particular ability’: A Jewish-Genoese military contractor in the fiscal-military system, Business History, DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2021.1907569
