Les Vénitiens à La Tana (Azov) au XVe siècle

Abstract

Bernard Doumerc, Venetians in La Tana (Azov) in the fifteenth century. In the early fifteenth century, Italian merchants - especially the Genovese and the Venetians — frequently visit La Tana for trade purposes. The organization of the Venetian district willed by the state encountered some opposition from local authorities. During the first half of the fifteenth century, the everyday life of Venetians established in La Tana deteriorated because of the renewal of hostilities with the Genovese. Furthermore, the existence of Venetian establishments in the Black Sea was rendered precarious by the advance of Turks. Even before the fall of Constantinople, the Venetian trading post of La Tana lost its attractiveness because of the reorganization of commercial circuits in the East and patricians desired first and foremost to retrieve their goods while this was still possible.