Between Crown and Commerce: Marseille and the Early Modern Mediterranean

273 Pages·2011·3.744 MB·English

by  Junko Therese Takeda

Between Crown and Commerce
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1. Junko Thérèse Takeda, Between Crown and Commerce:
Marseille and the Early Modern Mediterranean
Between Crown and Commerce
Marseille and the Early Modern Mediterranean
junko thérèse takeda
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Takeda, Junko Thérèse, 1976–
Between crown and commerce : Marseille and the early modern
Mediterranean / Junko Thérèse Takeda.
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ISBN- 13: 978- 0-8 018- 9982- 9 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN- 10: 0- 8018- 9982- 6 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Marseille (France)— Commerce—History—18th century.
2. Marseille (France)—C ommerce—Mediterranean Region.
3. Mediterranean Region— Commerce—France—Marseille.
4. Merchants— France—Marseille—History—18th century.
5. Marseille (France)— Social conditions— 18th century.
6. Marseille (France)— Politics and government— 18th century.
7. Citizenship— France—Marseille—History—18th century.
8. Plague— France—Marseille—History—18th century.
9. France— History—Louis XV, 1715–1 774. I. Title.
HF3560.M3T35 2011
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in memoriam
Kinuko Takeda
Efu Takeda
Iwao Takeda
Edward Randall
Odetta Gordon
Henry Y. K. Tom
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Contents
Ac know ledg ments ix
Introduction: Commerce, State- Building, and Republicanism
in Old Regime France 1
1. Louis XIV, Marseillais Merchants, and the Problem
of Discerning the Public Good 20
2. Between Republic and Monarchy: Debating Commerce and Virtue 50
3. France and the Levantine Merchant: The Challenges
of an International Market 78
4. Plague, Commerce, and Centralized Disease Control
in Early Modern France 106
5. Virtue Without Commerce: Civic Spirit During
the Plague, 1720– 1723 131
6. Civic Religiosity and Religious Citizenship
in Plague- Stricken Marseille 158
7. Postmortem: Virtue and Commerce Reconsidered 180
Notes 197
Bibliography 225
Index 249
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Ac know ledg ments
I owe the completion of this book to the generous support of mentors, colleagues,
family, friends and institutions. First, I would like to express my deep gratitude
to my advisors and teachers in the History Department and Interdisciplinary
Graduate Program in the Humanities at Stanford University. The idea for a re-
search project on Marseille began in conversations between me and my mentor,
Keith Michael Baker. I would like to thank him for his intellectual guidance and
friendship. Jessica Riskin helped shape and clarify my ideas at every stage of the
project, from its inception, through its completion as a dissertation, to its trans-
formation into a monograph. Paul Robinson instilled in me an appreciation for
clear writing and tried to teach me perfect punctuation. Carolyn Lougee Chap-
pell’s knowledge of archival work provided the basis for my own journey into the
archives in France. Helen Brooks, Bob Gregg, Brad Gregory, Mary Lou Roberts,
and James Sheehan expanded my understanding of early modern and modern
Eu ro pe an history in profound ways. I am fortunate to have such teachers.
My graduate training also benefi ted from the assistance of several colleagues
and friends who provided me with advice and encouragement. I am grateful to
Sebastian Barreveld, John Broich, Malgorzata Fidelis, Suzanne Mariko Miller,
Yair Mintzker, Kaneez Munjee, Libby Murphy, Mary Jane Parrine, Maria Ria-
sanovsky, Alvaro Santana, Cecilia Tsu, and Marie- Pierre Ulloa at Stanford Uni-
versity for making life on The Farm and in the San Francisco Bay Area such a
memorable experience. I thank the members of my dissertation- writing group,
Alex Bay, Abosede George, Jehangir Malegam, and Erika Monahan, for their
critiques and suggestions. Linda Huynh, Lynn Kaiser, Monica Moore, Debra
Pounds, Margo Richardson, Monica Wheeler, and the late Gertrud Pacheco took
care of all my administrative needs. The Stanford Bay Area French Culture Work-
shop, the Seminar on Enlightenment and Revolution, and the Modern Eu ro pe an
Seminar provided venues for an inexperienced graduate student to pre sent her
ideas to the academic community.