Explorations: Ships of Fortune: The Role of Jews in Venetian Commerce
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Background to Channel 4 'The Day the World Took Off', shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.
Against the background of the Grand Canal in Venice, Alan Macfarlane describes some of the ways in which the Jewish merchants helped the Venetians overcome the prohibitions of lending money at interest. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-08 17:49 |
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| Collection: | A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off) |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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