APM – Archeologia Postmedievale, 19, 2015. Gran Bretagna e Italia tra Mediterraneo e Atlantico: Livorno – ‘un porto inglese’ / Italy and Britain between Mediterranean and Atlantic worlds: Leghorn – ‘an English port’

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Livorno was a remarkably successful post-medieval creation. It became the largest transit port in the Mediterranean and created the concept of a free port in Europe. Built by the Medici Grand Dukes, it prospered as the most important trading base in the Mediterranean for the North Atlantic Powers. Chief among them was the British, whose Royal Navy ensured its commercial success and British dominance in the Mediterranean - an area that was still the source of luxury goods and goods and which provided a populous market for manufactures, metals, fish, colonial re-exports and British transport services. This volume collects fourteen contributions that give material evidence of the relationship of Great Britain with Livorno and Tuscany.

Livorno was a remarkably successful post-medieval creation, which became the greatest transit port in the Mediterranean and pioneered the concept of the free port in Europe. Built by the Medici Grand Dukes, it prospered as the main commercial base in the Mediterranean for north Atlantic powers. Principal amongst these were the English, whose Royal Navy ensured their commercial success and Britain's dominance of the Mediterranean - an area which was still the source of luxury produce and goods and provided a populous market for British manufactures, metals, fish, colonial re-exports and shipping. This volume brings together fourteen papers highlighting the material evidence of Britain's relationship with Livorno and Tuscany.