Il sale e la marineria picena in età moderna: trasporto, commercio, contrabbando
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https://doi.org/10.63277/2385-1341/2058Abstract
Le saline hanno sempre rappresentato uno dei capisaldi delle entrate erariali dello Stato pontificio e il sale una delle merci più soggette a dazi e gabelle, non di rado motivo di rivolte popolari. Il presente contributo mette in rilievo il ruolo centrale del composito ceto mercantile della costa picena che nel corso del Settecento, nel quadro più generale di una ripresa dei traffici mercantili, salderà i suoi interessi intorno al commercio e al trasporto marittimo del sale, sfociando talora anche nel contrabbando favorito dalla vicinanza con il Regno di Napoli.
Saltworks have always been one of the most important sources of income for the Papal States in Modern Age. Salt was in fact one of the goods more subject to taxation and this has often been cause of popular insurrections. This paper analyses the central role of the merchant class in the coasts of Piceno in the Eighteenth century. In the context of a general economic growth, merchants concentrated their efforts on commerce and maritime transport of salt, that often gave rise to contraband, thanks to the proximity to the Reign of Naples.
