Montserrat Cachero
Many years ago, while completing my BA. in Economics, I had the opportunity to visit a replica of one of Columbus’ ships (La Niña). I became fascinated by the risk of undertaking such a voyage. Since then, my research has been oriented to explaining the institutions, strategies and instruments through which individuals succeeded in the highly uncertain conditions that prevailed in early colonial America.
Initially, I focused on the analysis of society building in America. The records show that the people crossing the ocean came from all social groups, and most strategies to thrive in the New World relied on networking. This pre-doctoral research stage resulted in a monograph (Deudos y Parientes: Redes económicas y política matrimonial en la sociedad colonial), which was published in 2013.
During my thesis, my interest moved towards the market. Using over 2,500 summaries of original 16th century contracts, my Ph.D. examined the different strategies developed by merchants in order to control their overseas investments. At this regard, the role played by notarial offices in enforcing contracts, was very revealing. Results have been comprised in the book Should we Trust? Explaining Trade Expansion in Early Modern Spain, which is in preparation.
My current research aims to examine the credit market as the mechanism underlying the constant flow between Europe and America during the first half of the 16th century. The colonization of America and the development of secondary credit markets produced a tremendous expansion in credit: increasing trade, stimulating demand and industrial production, promoting economic growth and facilitating European territorial expansion.
Supervisors: Giovanni Federico and James Simpson
Phone: +34 954977331
Address: Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Economics Department
Carretera Sevilla-Utrera, km 1
41013 Seville, SPAIN
Initially, I focused on the analysis of society building in America. The records show that the people crossing the ocean came from all social groups, and most strategies to thrive in the New World relied on networking. This pre-doctoral research stage resulted in a monograph (Deudos y Parientes: Redes económicas y política matrimonial en la sociedad colonial), which was published in 2013.
During my thesis, my interest moved towards the market. Using over 2,500 summaries of original 16th century contracts, my Ph.D. examined the different strategies developed by merchants in order to control their overseas investments. At this regard, the role played by notarial offices in enforcing contracts, was very revealing. Results have been comprised in the book Should we Trust? Explaining Trade Expansion in Early Modern Spain, which is in preparation.
My current research aims to examine the credit market as the mechanism underlying the constant flow between Europe and America during the first half of the 16th century. The colonization of America and the development of secondary credit markets produced a tremendous expansion in credit: increasing trade, stimulating demand and industrial production, promoting economic growth and facilitating European territorial expansion.
Supervisors: Giovanni Federico and James Simpson
Phone: +34 954977331
Address: Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Economics Department
Carretera Sevilla-Utrera, km 1
41013 Seville, SPAIN
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entre los historiadores. Hemos asistido a una auténtica proliferación de artículos, monográficos y
proyectos de investigación en los que el estudio de las interconexiones en sociedades del pasado
ocupa un papel central. Desafortunadamente, en algunos de estos trabajos la conceptualización y la
cuantificación han estado ausentes. El presente artículo pretende explorar el potencial del Análisis
de Redes como herramienta metodológica aplicable a la disciplina histórica en sus distintos campos
de investigación. Pretendemos hacer una apuesta clara por la integración de esta herramienta,
superando la retórica de las palabras, pero también de la imagen. Para ello, incorporamos una
panorámica de las principales aportaciones al Análisis de Redes en la historiografía. Además,
analizamos sus elementos fundamentales y describimos su uso con ejemplos de publicaciones
recientes, explorando los retos que se plantean de cara al futuro.
The carta de poder was a frequently used instrument for commercial transactions during the Early Modern period. Indeed, for the case of the Atlantic Trade these contracts had a specific version: the poder para cobrar en las Indias. The documents were precisely a great tool to accelerate commercial exchange in a time when the economy was sustained by credit. This paper explores the role played by these cartas de poder in the trading activity with America analyzing the structure of these contracts and their use.
KEYWORDS: Atlantic Trade, 16th century, contracts, risk
entre los historiadores. Hemos asistido a una auténtica proliferación de artículos, monográficos y
proyectos de investigación en los que el estudio de las interconexiones en sociedades del pasado
ocupa un papel central. Desafortunadamente, en algunos de estos trabajos la conceptualización y la
cuantificación han estado ausentes. El presente artículo pretende explorar el potencial del Análisis
de Redes como herramienta metodológica aplicable a la disciplina histórica en sus distintos campos
de investigación. Pretendemos hacer una apuesta clara por la integración de esta herramienta,
superando la retórica de las palabras, pero también de la imagen. Para ello, incorporamos una
panorámica de las principales aportaciones al Análisis de Redes en la historiografía. Además,
analizamos sus elementos fundamentales y describimos su uso con ejemplos de publicaciones
recientes, explorando los retos que se plantean de cara al futuro.
The carta de poder was a frequently used instrument for commercial transactions during the Early Modern period. Indeed, for the case of the Atlantic Trade these contracts had a specific version: the poder para cobrar en las Indias. The documents were precisely a great tool to accelerate commercial exchange in a time when the economy was sustained by credit. This paper explores the role played by these cartas de poder in the trading activity with America analyzing the structure of these contracts and their use.
KEYWORDS: Atlantic Trade, 16th century, contracts, risk
crédito en Sevilla ¿Una burbuja en el siglo XVI?
(UPO-1261964)
Deadline: 31st August 2019