| Titre | Marchands arméniens au XVIIe siècle [À propos d'un livre arménien publié à Amsterdam en 1699] | |
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| Auteur | Kéram Kévonian | |
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Revue |
Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique |
| Numéro | volume 16, no 2, avril-juin 1976 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Articles |
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| Page | 199-244 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Kéram Kévonian, Armenian merchants in the XVIIth century. On the subject of an Armenian book published in Amsterdam in 1699.
The Thesaurus of measures, weights, numbers and moneys of the world of Lucas de Vanand or Vanandetsi (Amsterdam, 1699) is a guide or manual of commerce composed for the use of Armenian merchants. The interest of this work resides not only in the numerous indications that it supplies as regards weights, measures and coins in use in different countries, the transported goods and the then current prices and taxes but also because it constitutes an important document on the extent of Armenian commerce at the end of the XVIIth century. In spite of the unfavorable political circumstances, this trade reached at the time an exceptional degree of development and extended from the Dutch counters in East Indies to the Northern Europe, in particular to Amsterdam. One of the centers of this commerce is the suburb of New Djulfa, near Isphahan, where the "Trade Company of the Armenians of Djulfa" has its principal establishment. This period is particularly noted for the inauguration of new roads allowing to reach the United Provinces whilst avoiding the Ottoman territory: road from Astrakhan and Moscow to Arhangel'sk (1667 with a grant of monopoly in Muscovy in 1689); from Moscow to Narva (1692); from Moscow to Libau (1696). The inauguration of these roads is linked also to the efforts of the Armenian merchant bourgeoisie and clergy to obtain the political emancipation of their nation. In the cultural domain, identical efforts are at the origin of a progressive revival illustrated for instance by the activity of the Editors of Vanand or Vanandetsi, established in Amsterdam between 1685 and 1718, to whom we are indebted for the publication of the Thesaurus. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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