" En las redes de mercurio "las redes socioeconómicas de mercaderes, navegantes y hombres de negocios vascos en Sevilla (1480-1540)

  1. Amaia Rojo Sierra 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

Book:
Los caminos de la Historia Moderna: Presente y porvenir de la investigación
  1. Ofelia Rey Castelao (coord.)
  2. Francisco Cebreiro Ares

Publisher: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

ISBN: 9788419679314

Year of publication: 2023

Pages: 529-541

Type: Book chapter

Abstract

This paper aims to be an introduction to the analysis of the social and commer-cial relationships of Basque merchants using the Social Network Analysis (SNA) methodology. These merchants, both bystander and resident, use the cohesive and cooperative networks to promoted their economic and social growth in the dynamic commercial centre of Seville in the Early Modern Period. For this reason, in this current exposition the benefit of visualising trade networks through a SNA methodology, how and why these unions are formed and also the creat